Mindfulness and Psychological Flexibility Are Inversely Associated with Caregiver Burden in Parkinson's Disease

Overview

Journal Brain Sci

Publisher MDPI

Date 2020 Feb 26

PMID 32093188

Citations 11

Authors

Martin Klietz

Simon C Drexel

Theresa Schnur

Florian Lange

Adrian Groh

Lejla Paracka

Stephan Greten

Dirk Dressler

Gunter U Hoglinger

Florian Wegner

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Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder with progressive impairments in activities of daily living. With disease progression, people with PD (PwP) need more help and care from their spouses or professional caregivers. Identifying factors that help caregivers to cope with their burden is needed to frame future interventions for PwP caregivers. Mindfulness and psychological flexibility might be factors contributing to resilience against the burden of giving care. In this cross-sectional questionnaire-based study, 118 PwP and their respective primary caregivers were included. Caregivers reported moderate burden and only mild depressive symptoms. Mindfulness measured by the Mindfulness Attention and Awareness scale ( 0.003) and psychological flexibility measured by Acceptance and Actions Questionnaire II (0.001) correlated negatively with caregiver burden. Data from this study indicate mindfulness and psychological flexibility are factors contributing to resilience against caregiver burden. Future interventions to reduce burden in PwP caregivers might be improved by the inclusion of mindfulness training programs.

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