Increasing number of unmanaged distressing symptoms in people living with dementia associated with family carer burden and distress following an unplanned hospital admission: A longitudinal cohort study.

Palliat Care Soc Pract · 2026 · PMC13167373 · PMID 42137786

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Carer psychological distress showed a positive trend in its association with increasing PLWD unmanaged symptoms (coefficient = 0.07, 95% CI [−0.00, 0.13], p = 0.059) and agitation (coefficient = 0.06, 95% CI [−0.01, 0.14], p = 0.090), but both analyses did not reach statistical significance.

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