Search Results - "Roepke, Susan K."

A Comparison of Psychosocial Outcomes in Elderly Alzheimer Caregivers and Noncaregivers by Mausbach, Brent T., Ph.D, Chattillion, Elizabeth A., B.A, Roepke, Susan K., M.S, Patterson, Thomas L., Ph.D, Grant, Igor, M.D

“…Objective To conduct an analysis of the stress, coping, and mood consequences of Alzheimer caregiving. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Community-based study…”
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Association Between Chronic Caregiving Stress and Impaired Endothelial Function in the Elderly by Mausbach, Brent T., PhD, Roepke, Susan K., MS, Ziegler, Michael G., MD, Milic, Milos, MD, PhD, von Känel, Roland, MD, Dimsdale, Joel E., MD, Mills, Paul J., PhD, Patterson, Thomas L., PhD, Allison, Matthew A., MD, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, PhD, Grant, Igor, MD

“…Objectives We examined the relationship between chronic caregiving stress and endothelial function. Background Evidence suggests that caregiving stress is…”
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A Review of the Psychobiology of Dementia Caregiving: A Focus on Resilience Factors by Harmell, Alexandrea L., Chattillion, Elizabeth A., Roepke, Susan K., Mausbach, Brent T.

“…The recent aging trend in the United States has resulted in exponential growth in the number of informal dementia caregivers. Caring for a family member with…”
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Self-Efficacy Buffers the Relationship Between Dementia Caregiving Stress and Circulating Concentrations of the Proinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-6 by Mausbach, Brent T., Ph.D, von Känel, Roland, M.D, Roepke, Susan K., B.A, Moore, Raeanne, M.A, Patterson, Thomas L., Ph.D, Mills, Paul J., Ph.D, Dimsdale, Joel E., M.D, Ziegler, Michael G., M.D, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Ph.D, Allison, Matthew, M.D, Grant, Igor, M.D

“…Objective The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 has been linked with health morbidity, particularly risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The…”
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Relationship between chronic stress and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in elderly Alzheimer's disease caregivers by Roepke, Susan K, Allison, Matthew, Von Känel, Roland, Mausbach, Brent T, Chattillion, Elizabeth A, Harmell, Alexandrea L, Patterson, Thomas L, Dimsdale, Joel E, Mills, Paul J, Ziegler, Michael G, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Grant, Igor

“…The stress associated with providing care for a spouse diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease can have adverse effects on cardiovascular health. One potential…”
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Sleep disorders in the elderly by Roepke, Susan K, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia

“…Nearly half of older adults report difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep. With age, several changes occur that can place one at risk for sleep…”
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Specificity of cognitive and behavioral variables to Positive and Negative Affect by Mausbach, Brent T., Roepke, Susan K., Depp, Colin A., Patterson, Thomas L., Grant, Igor

“…The Tripartite Model proposes that a combination of greater Negative Affect (NA) and reduced Positive Affect (PA) contributes to depressive symptoms. The…”
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Toward a More Complete Understanding of the Effects of Personal Mastery on Cardiometabolic Health by Roepke, Susan K., Grant, Igor

“…Objective: A great deal of research has been devoted to identifying the psychological factors that might be associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular…”
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Perceived Stress and Elder Abuse: A Population-Based Study of Adult Protective Services Cases in Chicago by Roepke-Buehler, Susan K., Dong, XinQi

“…Objectives To characterize the relationship between perceived stress and Adult Protective Services (APS) elder abuse cases in a population‐based sample. Design…”
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A 5-year longitudinal study of the relationships between stress, coping, and immune cell β2 -adrenergic receptor sensitivity by Mausbach, Brent T, Aschbacher, Kirstin, Mills, Paul J, Roepke, Susan K, von Känel, Roland, Patterson, Thomas L, Dimsdale, Joel E, Ziegler, Michael G, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Grant, Igor

“…Abstract Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with overall health decline and impaired cardiovascular functioning. This morbidity…”
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Personal Mastery is Associated With Reduced Sympathetic Arousal in Stressed Alzheimer Caregivers by Roepke, Susan K., B.A, Mausbach, Brent T., Ph.D, Aschbacher, Kirstin, M.S, Ziegler, Michael G., M.D, Dimsdale, Joel E., M.D, Mills, Paul J., Ph.D, von Känel, Roland, M.D, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Ph.D, Patterson, Thomas L., Ph.D, Grant, Igor, M.D

“…Objectives Spousal caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, possibly via sympathetic response to stressors…”
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Activity restriction and depression in medical patients and their caregivers: A meta-analysis by Mausbach, Brent T., Chattillion, Elizabeth A., Moore, Raeanne C., Roepke, Susan K., Depp, Colin A., Roesch, Scott

“…Depression commonly occurs in conjunction with a variety of medical conditions. In addition, family members who care for patients with medical diagnoses often…”
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relations Among Stress, Depressive Symptoms, Leisure Satisfaction, and Endothelial Function in Caregivers by Mausbach, Brent T., Chattillion, Elizabeth, Roepke, Susan K., Ziegler, Michael G., Milic, Milos, von Känel, Roland, Dimsdale, Joel E., Mills, Paul J., Patterson, Thomas L., Allison, Matthew A., Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Grant, Igor

“…Objective: Stress and depressive symptoms have been associated with impaired endothelial function as measured by brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD),…”
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Ways of Coping and Biomarkers of an Increased Atherothrombotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Elderly Individuals by von Känel, Roland, Mausbach, Brent T., Dimsdale, Joel E., Mills, Paul J., Patterson, Thomas L., Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Ziegler, Michael G., Roepke, Susan K., Allison, Matthew, Grant, Igor

“…Objective. To investigate the relationship between coping and atherothrombotic biomarkers of an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the elderly…”
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Multiple mediators of the relations between caregiving stress and depressive symptoms by Mausbach, Brent T., Roepke, Susan K., Chattillion, Elizabeth A., Harmell, Alexandrea L., Moore, Raeanne, Romero-Moreno, Rosa, Bowie, Christopher R., Grant, Igor

“…Objective: This study tested a model for explaining how stress is associated with depressive symptoms in a sample of spouse caregivers of patients with…”
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Sleep in spousal Alzheimer caregivers: a longitudinal study with a focus on the effects of major patient transitions on sleep by von Känel, Roland, Mausbach, Brent T, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Dimsdale, Joel E, Mills, Paul J, Patterson, Thomas L, Ziegler, Michael G, Roepke, Susan K, Chattillion, Elizabeth A, Allison, Matthew, Grant, Igor

“…Findings on sleep disturbances in family dementia caregivers are conflicting. We studied the longitudinal effects of dementia caregiving and major transitions…”
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Characteristics Associated with Psychological, Physical, Sexual Abuse, Caregiver Neglect and Financial Exploitation in U.S. Chinese Older Adults: Findings from the Population-Based Cohort Study in the Greater Chicago Area by Dong, Xinqi, Chen, Ruijia, K. Roepke-Buehler, Susan

“…This study examined the socio-demographic and health related characteristics of elder mistreatment (EM) in a community-dwelling older Chinese population…”
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Pleasant Events, Activity Restriction, and Blood Pressure in Dementia Caregivers by Chattillion, Elizabeth A., Ceglowski, Jenni, Roepke, Susan K., von Känel, Roland, Losada, Andres, Mills, Paul J., Romero-Moreno, Rosa, Grant, Igor, Patterson, Thomas L., Mausbach, Brent T.

“…Objective: A combination of high engagement in pleasurable activities and low perceived activity restriction is potentially protective for a number of health…”
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Effects of Alzheimer Caregiving on Allostatic Load by Roepke, Susan K., Mausbach, Brent T., Patterson, Thomas L., Von Känel, Roland, Ancoli-Israel, Sonia, Harmell, Alexandrea L., Dimsdale, Joel E., Aschbacher, Kirstin, Mills, Paul J., Ziegler, Michael G., Allison, Matthew, Grant, Igor

“…This study aimed to determine if Alzheimer caregivers have increased allostatic load compared to non-caregivers. Potential psychological moderators (mastery,…”
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Integration of the Pleasant Events and Activity Restriction Models: Development and Validation of a “PEAR” Model of Negative Outcomes in Alzheimer's Caregivers by Mausbach, Brent T, Roepke, Susan K, Depp, Colin A, Moore, Raeanne, Patterson, Thomas L, Grant, Igor

“…Abstract This study examined an activity restriction/pleasurable activities mismatch model for psychosocial and health-related outcomes. A total of 108 spousal…”
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