Psychological Distress Is Prevalent and Interdependent Among Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis and Their Caregivers. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the interdependence of psychological distress among patients with decompensated cirrhosis and their caregivers. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we examined the interdependence of psychological distress (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) among 127 patient-caregiver dyads using Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling. RESULTS: Among dyads, 26% had both partners reporting clinically significant anxiety and 18% reporting clinically significant depression. Caregiver anxiety significantly predicted patient depression (standardized β = 0.18, P = 0.03). DISCUSSION: Psychological distress was prevalent and interdependent among dyads. These results underscore the need to develop interventions to reduce psychological distress in both patients with decompensated cirrhosis and their caregivers.

authors

  • Ufere, Nneka N
  • Zeng, Chengbo
  • Donlan, John
  • Shalev, Daniel
  • Kaplan, Alyson
  • Noll, Alan
  • Liu, Annie
  • Pintro, Kedie
  • Horick, Nora
  • Indriolo, Teresa
  • Li, Lucinda
  • Zhu, Enya
  • Armstrong, Malia E
  • Mason, Nancy
  • Engel, Kirsten G
  • Rowland, Michaela
  • O'Brien, Karen
  • Kenimer, Sara
  • Diop, Michelle S
  • Jackson, Vicki
  • Lai, Jennifer C
  • Chung, Raymond T
  • Jacobs, Jamie M
  • Edelen, Maria
  • El-Jawahri, Areej

publication date

  • October 25, 2024

Research

keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Depression
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Psychological Distress
  • Stress, Psychological

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85209398910

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003158

PubMed ID

  • 39450861

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 120

issue

  • 4