| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
When a little knowledge is a dangerous thing ...
— a study of carers' knowledge about dementia, preferred coping style and psychological distress | | Author(s) | Rebekah Proctor, Carol Martin, Jenny Hewison |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 12, December 2002 |
| Pages | pp 1133-1139 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Stress ; Social surveys ; West Yorkshire. |
| Annotation | 50 carers of patients diagnosed with dementia aged 65+ attending day services in West Yorkshire were recruited, and given questionnaires to assess their knowledge of dementia, preferred coping style, anxiety, depression and strain. The results indicated that carers who demonstrated more knowledge about the biomedical aspects of dementia were more anxious. Furthermore, carers who had a preferred coping style of monitoring for threat relevant information were more anxious. Understanding more about those factors that are associated with knowledge about dementia will help to identify profiles of carers who are in need of education and matching individually tailored interventions to carers with specific learning needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030122218 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6: DP: QNH: 3F: 88 |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|