Measuring younger onset dementia: What the qualitative literature reveals about the ‘lived experience’ for patients and caregivers
Measuring younger onset dementia: What the qualitative literature reveals about the ‘lived experience’ for patients and caregivers
Background: The qualitative research on young onset dementia is providing insights about the
‘lived experience’ of patients and caregivers. However, findings from these studies have seldom
been integrated into descriptive overviews. Our aim was to search the qualitative research, to
integrate the qualitative findings, and offer an account of the lived experience for patients and
caregivers.Method: The search of the qualitative research formed part of a broader comprehensive
literature search investigating salient measurement issues in the young onset dementia
psychosocial research. Five electronic databases were searched (Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO,
Embase, the Cochrane Library) plus supplementary searching of reference sections and use of
online search engines. We identified 23 qualitative articles.Results: In the pre-diagnostic period, patients experience changes in cognition and functioning
but may be uncertain about changes and their significance. Caregivers may observe changes, think
of explanations, and are important in instigating medical intervention. Obtaining a diagnosis may
be a demanding process and the possibility of dementia may not be anticipated. In the postdiagnostic
period, patients and caregivers use several strategies to cope and adjust. Patients can
withdraw from established responsibilities while caregivers assume compensatory roles/duties.
Patients perceive changes in their identity while caregivers perceive changes in the caregiver–
patient relationship. Both can experience grief, isolation, and stigma.
caregivers, lived experience, patients, qualitative, young onset dementia
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Spreadbury, John H.
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Kipps, Christopher
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1 February 2019
Spreadbury, John H.
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Kipps, Christopher
e43be016-2dc2-45e6-9a02-ab2a0e0208d5
Spreadbury, John H. and Kipps, Christopher
(2019)
Measuring younger onset dementia: What the qualitative literature reveals about the ‘lived experience’ for patients and caregivers.
Dementia, 18 (2), .
(doi:10.1177/1471301216684401).
Abstract
Background: The qualitative research on young onset dementia is providing insights about the
‘lived experience’ of patients and caregivers. However, findings from these studies have seldom
been integrated into descriptive overviews. Our aim was to search the qualitative research, to
integrate the qualitative findings, and offer an account of the lived experience for patients and
caregivers.Method: The search of the qualitative research formed part of a broader comprehensive
literature search investigating salient measurement issues in the young onset dementia
psychosocial research. Five electronic databases were searched (Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO,
Embase, the Cochrane Library) plus supplementary searching of reference sections and use of
online search engines. We identified 23 qualitative articles.Results: In the pre-diagnostic period, patients experience changes in cognition and functioning
but may be uncertain about changes and their significance. Caregivers may observe changes, think
of explanations, and are important in instigating medical intervention. Obtaining a diagnosis may
be a demanding process and the possibility of dementia may not be anticipated. In the postdiagnostic
period, patients and caregivers use several strategies to cope and adjust. Patients can
withdraw from established responsibilities while caregivers assume compensatory roles/duties.
Patients perceive changes in their identity while caregivers perceive changes in the caregiver–
patient relationship. Both can experience grief, isolation, and stigma.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 23 January 2017
Published date: 1 February 2019
Keywords:
caregivers, lived experience, patients, qualitative, young onset dementia
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429088
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