Meditation Program Enhances Self-efficacy and Resilience of Home-based Caregivers of Older Adults with Alzheimer's: A Five-year Follow-up Study in Two South Asian Cities.
| Autor: | Pandya, Samta P |
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ALZHEIMER'S disease
ANALYSIS of variance PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers COMPARATIVE studies STATISTICAL correlation CULTURE LONGITUDINAL method SERVICES for caregivers MEDITATION MULTIVARIATE analysis PROBABILITY theory PSYCHOMETRICS REGRESSION analysis PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience STATISTICAL sampling SCALE analysis (Psychology) SELF-efficacy SEX distribution STATISTICS DATA analysis STATISTICAL reliability BEHAVIOR disorders RANDOMIZED controlled trials BURDEN of care RELATIVE medical risk PRE-tests & post-tests REPEATED measures design RESEARCH methodology evaluation DESCRIPTIVE statistics KRUSKAL-Wallis Test PSYCHOLOGY |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gerontological Social Work; Aug/Sep2019, Vol. 62 Issue 6, p663-681, 19p |
| Abstrakt: | This article reports a five-year follow-up study in two South Asian cities on the impact of a long-term meditation program in enhancing self-efficacy and resilience of home-based caregivers of older adults with Alzheimer's. Intervention group caregivers (pre-test N = 96; post-test N = 78) reported lower perceived caregiving burden, higher self-efficacy in obtaining respite, responding to disruptive patient behaviors and controlling upsetting thoughts, and greater resilience, post-test, in comparison to the control group (pre-test N = 89; post-test N = 67). Gender and relationship with the patient were two strong moderators determining program impact. Caregiver women, spouses, Hindus, middle class, with college and higher education, homemakers, who attended at least 75% of the meditation lessons and regularly practiced at home (i.e. once weekly for at least 75% of the weeks) reported lower post-test perceived caregiving burden, higher self-efficacy, and resilience. Results of the Tobit regression models confirmed the meditation-related moderators and indicated that home practice was the strongest predictor of post-test scores. Overall the meditation program is an effective intervention, however, would need to be refined for specific caregiver subgroups such as men, children and children-in-law and those working outside the home, to suit their realities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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