Section 4 of 7
Current study
Junyub Lim, Ross Andel, Frank Puga, María P Aranda, Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, Ana Luisa Dávila-Roman, and Michael Crowe · about 1 minutes
Building on previous research, we aimed to examine the relationship between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers in Puerto Rico, a unique setting shaped by distinct sociocultural caregiving norms. We also assessed whether BPSD factors, or any individual BPSD, would significantly modify any initially observed association between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms (Supplementary Figure 1). Finally, we sought to explore whether perceived social support would partially explain the association between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. We hypothesized that:
- Greater caregiver burden would be associated with higher depressive symptoms.
- Higher levels of BPSD would strengthen the positive association between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms.
- Perceived social support would reduce the magnitude of the relationship between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms.