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| Rural-urban differences in the effects on mental well-being of caring for people with stroke or dementia | | Author(s) | Y Tommis, D Seddon, B Woods |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 11, no 6, November 2007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 743-750 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Stroke ; Informal care ; Well being ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Correlation ; Wales. |
| Annotation | Rural-urban differences in the effects of caregiving are not well-documented. This paper reports data on 122 carers for people with stroke or dementia living in rural and urban settings in Wales. 387 carers (age range 19-88) out of 1512 (response rate 25.6%) completed a postal questionnaire, including the SF-12 v2 Health Survey. Definitions of rural and urban were based on the Urban/Rural Indicator from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) All Fields Postcode Directory 2004. Carers' mean Mental Components Summary (MCS) score (adjusted for age and sex) was one standard deviation below the population mean (-12.03). Male carers living in urban areas reported better mental health than male carers in rural areas and female carers in both settings. A full model and a parsimonious model were developed using MCS scores as outcome variables. In the full model, siting service provision in rural and urban locations was linked to better carer mental health, while support from friends and family was linked to better mental health for urban carers only. These findings indicate gender and location differences in carer experiences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080327220 A |
| Classmark | EA: CQA: P6: D:F:5HH: RK: RL: 49: 9 |
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