2025
Care Recipients’ Cognitive Trajectories and Caregivers’ Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Caregiving Burden
Lou Y, Gong J, Zang E. Care Recipients’ Cognitive Trajectories and Caregivers’ Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Caregiving Burden. The Gerontologist 2025, 65: gnaf024. PMID: 39873410, PMCID: PMC11934274, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaregiver depressive symptomsCare recipientsCaregiver burdenDepressive symptomsCognitive trajectoriesCaregiving burdenNational Health and Aging Trends StudyNational Study of CaregivingFinancial caregiving burdensCaregiver mental healthStudy of CaregivingStress process modelLongitudinal cognitive courseGroup-based trajectoryCaregiving difficultiesCaregiving experienceTrajectory group membershipEmotional burdenTrends StudyMental healthCaregiversCareTrajectory groupsNational studyCognitive function
2024
Association Between Cognitive Trajectories and Subsequent Health Status, Depressive Symptoms, and Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States: Findings From a Nationally Representative Study
Zang E, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Wu B, Fried T, Becher R, Gill T. Association Between Cognitive Trajectories and Subsequent Health Status, Depressive Symptoms, and Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States: Findings From a Nationally Representative Study. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2024, 79: glae143. PMID: 38845419, PMCID: PMC11212484, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glae143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor health statusHealth statusDepressive symptomsOlder adultsHealth outcomesCognitive trajectoriesNational Health and Aging Trends StudyScreening of cognitive functionTrajectory groupsCognitive functionHigher depressive symptomsPopulation-based dataAdverse health outcomesNationally Representative CohortGroup-based trajectory modelingHigher mortality riskAssociated with higher riskNationally-representative studyLogistic regression modelsTrends StudyRepresentative cohortGlobal cognitionLiving respondentsRegular screeningMortality risk
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