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This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2015-65,152-C2-1-R and PID2019-106714RB-C21). Samara Barrera was supported by an FPU grant FPU17/02548 from the Spanish Ministry of Education. Maria del Sequeros Pedroso-Chaparro was supported by a pre-doctoral grant from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Jose Adrian Fernandes-Pires and Lucia Jimenez-Gonzalo were supported by a pre-doctoral grant from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

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Losada, ACorresponding AuthorVara-Garcia, CAuthorRomero-Moreno, RAuthorBarrera-Caballero, SAuthorJimenez-Gonzalo, LAuthorFernandes-Pires, JAuthorHuertas-Domingo, CAuthor

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September 27, 2022
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Caring for Relatives with Dementia in Times of COVID-19: Impact on Caregivers and Care-recipients

Publicated to:Clinical Gerontologist. 45 (1): 71-85 - 2022-01-01 45(1), DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1928356

Authors: Losada, Andres; Vara-Garcia, Carlos; Romero-Moreno, Rosa; Barrera-Caballero, Samara; Pedroso-Chaparro, Maria del Sequeros; Jimenez-Gonzalo, Lucia; Fernandes-Pires, Jose; Cabrera, Isabel; Gallego-Alberto, Laura; Huertas-Domingo, Cristina; Merida-Herrera, Laura; Olazaran-Rodriguez, Javier; Marquez-Gonzalez, Maria

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Hosp Gen Univ Gregorio Maranon, Serv Neurol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Psicol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Fac Ciencias Salud, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze caregivers' perceived impact of the pandemic in their mental health and the well-being of the care-recipients. Methods: Caregivers (N = 88) were asked if they had COVID-19 and about their perceptions of change of care-recipients' health conditions as well as whether their own mental health, conflicts with care-recipients and other relatives, thoughts of giving up caregiving, and feelings of coping well with the situation. Results: A large percentage of caregivers perceived a worsening of care-recipients' symptoms and of their own negative emotions, an increase in the number of conflicts and thoughts of needing to give up caregiving. Having had COVID-19 and reporting higher levels of distress as well as giving up caregiving were related to perceived worsening in care-recipients well-being. Perceived increases were mainly reported by younger caregivers, those who perceived to have not coped well, and those reporting an increase in conflicts. Some caregivers perceived an increase in positive emotions. Conclusions: The pandemic has a negative impact on caregivers' perceptions about the course of their own emotions and care-recipients' well-being. Clinical implications: Interventions are needed to train caregivers in strategies to cope with the sources of stress caused by the pandemic and to promote social support.

Keywords

Adaptation, psychologicalAnxietyCaregiverCaregiversConfirmatory factor-analysisCoping behaviorCovid-19DementiaDepressionEmotionsFamilyHumanHumansPandemicRevised memorySars-cov-2SpanishStress

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Clinical Gerontologist due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Health (Social Science).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.8. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 2.45 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 9.59 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 25
  • Scopus: 23
  • Europe PMC: 12

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 69.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 69 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Losada Baltar, Andrés) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Losada Baltar, Andrés.