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Living well with dementia: An exploratory matched analysis of minority ethnic and white people with dementia and carers participating in the IDEAL programme

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Laura GambleORCiD, Professor Fiona MatthewsORCiD

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Abstract

© 2024 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Objectives: The increasing heterogeneity of the population of older people is reflected in an increasing number of people with dementia and carers drawn from minority ethnic groups. Data from the IDEAL study are used to compare indices of ‘living well’ among people with dementia and carers from ethnic minority groups with matched white peers. Methods: We used an exploratory cross-sectional case-control design to compare ‘living well’ for people with dementia and carers from minority ethnic and white groups. Measures for both groups were quality of life, life satisfaction, wellbeing, loneliness, and social isolation and, for carers, stress, relationship quality, role captivity and caring competence. Results: The sample of people with dementia consisted of 20 minority ethnic and 60 white participants and for carers 15 and 45 respectively. People with dementia from minority ethnic groups had poorer quality of life (−4.74, 95% CI: −7.98 to −1.50) and higher loneliness (1.72, 95% CI: 0.78–2.66) whilst minority ethnic carers had higher stress (8.17, 95% CI: 1.72–14.63) and role captivity (2.00, 95% CI: 0.43–3.57) and lower relationship quality (−9.86, 95% CI: −14.24 to −5.48) than their white peers. Conclusion: Our exploratory study suggests that people with dementia from minority ethnic groups experience lower quality of life and carers experience higher stress and role captivity and lower relationship quality than their white peers. Confirmatory research with larger samples is required to facilitate analysis of the experiences of specific minority ethnic groups and examine the factors contributing to these disadvantages.


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Author(s): Victor CR, Gamble LD, Pentecost C, Quinn C, Charlwood C, Matthews FE, Clare L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Year: 2024

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

Print publication date: 01/01/2024

Online publication date: 05/01/2024

Acceptance date: 14/12/2023

Date deposited: 15/01/2024

ISSN (print): 0885-6230

ISSN (electronic): 1099-1166

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6048

DOI: 10.1002/gps.6048

Data Access Statement: IDEAL data were deposited with the UK data archive in April 2020. Details of how to access the data can be found here: https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/854317/.

PubMed id: 38180319


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ES/L001853/2
Economic and Social Research Council
National Institute for Health and Care Research

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