2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.05.006
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Parental caregivers of children with developmental disabilities mount a poor antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination

Abstract: In older populations, caregiving for a spouse with dementia has been associated with a poor antibody response to vaccination. The present study examined whether younger caregivers, specifically the parents of children with developmental disabilities, would also show a diminished antibody response to vaccination. At baseline assessment, 30 parents of children with developmental disabilities and 29 parents of typically developing children completed standard measures of depression, perceived stress, social supp… Show more

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“…Thus, it may be the case that these more objective stressors have a more profound impact on health than depressive symptoms. In fact, previous studies have found this to be the case, with behaviour problems but not depression associated with poor health outcomes in these parents (Gallagher et al, 2009). Moreover, we investigated multiple potential sources of bias as a possible explanation for this finding, and to our knowledge it is the first study to show that this excess risk of obesity with increasing child problem behaviours was still present after controlling for chronic health conditions and a range of socio-demographics.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 74%
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“…Thus, it may be the case that these more objective stressors have a more profound impact on health than depressive symptoms. In fact, previous studies have found this to be the case, with behaviour problems but not depression associated with poor health outcomes in these parents (Gallagher et al, 2009). Moreover, we investigated multiple potential sources of bias as a possible explanation for this finding, and to our knowledge it is the first study to show that this excess risk of obesity with increasing child problem behaviours was still present after controlling for chronic health conditions and a range of socio-demographics.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…Although this was unexpected, one explanation could be the CES-D scale contains both somatic and affective items and recent studies have found somatic symptoms to be more strongly related to anthropometric measures of obesity (Wiltink et al, 2013). One cannot rule out, however, the direct impact that problem behaviours have on both mental and physical health outcomes in these parents (Gallagher et al, 2009;Hastings, 2002;Seltzer et al, 2010). Thus, it may be the case that these more objective stressors have a more profound impact on health than depressive symptoms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…'someone to help take care of my child'), on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1(never) to 5(quite often) with higher scores indicating greater social support. All measures were psychometrically sound, with cronbach alphas of .75, .88 and .89 respectively and all have been used in research with these populations previously (Gallagher et al, 2009a;2009b, White & Hastings, 2004.…”
Section: Demographic and Psychosocial Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Compared to parents of children without disabilities, parents caring for children with developmental disabilities (e.g. Autism, Down syndrome) have been found to have lower antibody responses to medical vaccinations (Gallagher, Phillips, Drayson, & Carroll, 2009a, 2009b, higher levels of proinflamatory cytokines (Lovell et al, 2012a), and greater disruptions of cortisol patterns (Seltzer et al, 2010). In fact, perturbations in these immune and neuroendocrine systems are perhaps some of the likely mechanisms underlying the poor health seen in these parents (Lach et al, 2009;Miodrag & Hodapp 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%