Positive Affect and Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study.

von Känel, Roland; Mausbach, Brent T.; Ancoli-Israel, Sonia; Mills, Paul J.; Dimsdale, Joel E.; Patterson, Thomas L.; Grant, Igor (2014). Positive Affect and Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study. Behavioral sleep medicine, 12(5), pp. 358-372. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/15402002.2013.819470

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This article examines the longitudinal relation between positive affect (PA) and sleep in 126 spousal Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Caregivers underwent 4 yearly assessments for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the self-rated Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and actigraphy to objectify nighttime total sleep time, wake after sleep onset, and percentage of sleep. Increased levels of PA and a greater positivity (i.e., positive-to-negative affect) ratio were significantly associated with better subjective sleep over the entire study period. Yearly increases in PA-even when controlling for negative affect (NA)-and in the positivity ratio were also associated with better subjective sleep. PA and actigraphy measures showed no significant relations. Increased PA is longitudinally associated with better sleep in dementia caregivers largely independent of NA.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

von Känel, Roland

ISSN:

1540-2002

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Language:

English

Submitter:

Annette Barbara Kocher

Date Deposited:

13 Jun 2014 13:39

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/15402002.2013.819470

PubMed ID:

24156281

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.47037

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/47037

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