Caring and coping: The dementia caregivers
| Autor: | Savvas S. Papacostas, George Karayiannis, Georgios Efstathiou, Panayiota Sourtzi, Evridiki Papastavrou, Haritini Tsangari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Empathy Burden Disease Medical and Health Sciences Caring Alzheimer Disease Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Health Sciences Epidemiology medicine Humans Dementia Psychiatry Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Depression Stressor Middle Aged Alzheimer's Caregiver medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Caregivers Cyprus Female Coping Geriatrics and Gerontology Pshychiatric Mental Health Psychology Gerontology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Aging & Mental Health. 15:702-711 |
| ISSN: | 1364-6915 1360-7863 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13607863.2011.562178 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease is associated with increased burden and depression. Effective coping with the hardships and demands of caring may help to sustain the caregiver and lessen the effect of the stressors. The objective of this study was to examine caregivers’ coping styles and the relationship with reported levels of burden and depression. Method: A cross-sectional correlation study was employed. One hundred and seventy-two caregivers of patients suffering from Alzheimer's type dementia participated in the study. All patients were recruited from neurology clinics. The Greek versions of four measuring instruments used were: the Memory and Behaviour Problem Checklist, the Burden Interview, the Centre for Epidemiological studies-Depression scale and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Results: Positive coping is negatively correlated with burden (r = −0.20) and wishful thinking strategies were related positively (r = 0.16). The relation between depression and positive coping strategies is highly significant (p |
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