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Well-being, appraisal and coping in African-American and Caucasian dementia caregivers
— findings from the REACH study | | Author(s) | W E Haley, L N Gitlin, S R Wisniewski |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 316-329 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Well being ; Stress ; Adjustment ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 295 African Americans and 425 Caucasian dementia caregivers in the REACH (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health) multi-site study were compared for well-being, appraisal and religious coping by race. These participants came from Birmingham, Memphis, Boston and Philadelphia. African-American caregivers reported lower anxiety, better well-being, less use of psychotropic medications, more benign appraisals of stress and perceived benefits of caregiving, and greater religious coping and participation than Caucasian caregivers. Self-rated health did not differ by race, but African-American caregivers reported more unhealthy behaviours than Caucasian caregivers. Some results were specific to site, possibly due to differences in recruitment strategies, inclusion or exclusion criteria, and regional differences. Adjustment for covariates, including caregiver relationship to the care recipient, gender, age, socio-economic status, and care recipient behaviour problems, altered few of these differences. Results are discussed in terms of their relevance to psychosocial intervention programmes for ethnically diverse caregivers. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-040913207 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: EA: P6: D:F:5HH: QNH: DR: 48: 7T |
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