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| Predictors of positive and negative appraisal among Cuban American caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients | | Author(s) | Dylan G Harwood, Warren W Barker, Raymond L Ownby |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol l5, no 6, June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 481-487 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Life satisfaction ; Family care ; Dementia ; Ethnic groups ; Cuba ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Relatively little is known about the effects of caregiving among Hispanic caregivers in the US. A sample of 40 Cuban American (CA) family caregivers of patients diagnosed with probable or possible Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to NINCDS-ADRDA diagnostic criteria participated. The study's main objective was to investigate predictors of participants' satisfaction and burden. Appraised burden was predicted by increased patient behavioural pathology, female caregiving gender, and lower levels of perceived emotional support. The association between older caregiver age and increased burden approached significance. Older caregiver age and higher levels of perceived social support were shown to predict appraised satisfaction. Post-hoc analyses also indicated that length of residence in the US - a measure of acculturation - was not associated with positive or negative appraisal. Appraisal burden and satisfaction represent important outcomes of dementia care that show relations with distinct factors among CA caregivers. Continued investigation into predictors of caregiving satisfaction are recommended. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000823219 A |
| Classmark | QNH: F:5HH: P6:SJ: EA: TK: 7VC: 4C: 7T |
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