Influence of chronic caregiving stress on chronic diseases risk to family caregivers of patients with dementia: A research progression / 中华老年医学杂志
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
; (12): 930-933, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Dementia care is a chronic stressor severely influencing on physical and mental health and social life of family caregivers.In the research field of dementia care,the studies are inadequate regarding to the influence of caregiving stress on physical and mental health,especially on the risk of suffering from common chronic disease of family caregivers.So far,the studies are mainly based on hypotheses associated with chronic stress-induced three perspectives,i.e.,excessive activation of sympathetic nervous system,endothelial injury,and excessive activation of pro-inflammatory and procoagulant factors.This paper summarizes the research progress from these three perspectives.
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Etiology_studies
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Zh
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Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
Year:
2018
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Article