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| Changes in social support and their impact on psychosocial outcome over a 5-year period for African American and White dementia caregivers | | Author(s) | Olivio J Clay, David L Roth, Virginia G Wadley |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 8, August 2008 |
| Pages | pp 857-862 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Adjustment ; Social contacts ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | African Americans have been found to be more resilient to the caregiving role than Whites. Amount of social support and satisfaction with social support were studied as possible explanations for these racial differences. Family caregivers of patients diagnosed as having dementia (56 caregiver-patient dyads) participated in a longitudinal study in Birmingham, Alabama, and completed annual follow-up assessments. Linear random effects regression models examined the longitudinal trajectories of social support, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction over 5 years of community follow-up. Social support was also included as a time predictor of depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. The number of people able to offer helpful support decreased significantly for both racial groups. African American caregivers reported more satisfaction with their social support networks, fewer depressive symptoms and higher levels of life satisfaction compared to their White counterparts. Higher levels of satisfaction with social support were associated with fewer depressive symptoms and increased levels of life satisfaction and explained some of the racial differences on these measures of psychosocial outcome. Results suggest that health care providers should view low levels of social support and cultural variables that might explain racial differences in caregiver outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080819219 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: EA: P6: DR: TOA: 3J: 7T |
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