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| An evaluation of health and well-being checks for unpaid carers | | Author(s) | Angela Burrows, Kenneth Gannon |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 21, no 3, 2013 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2013 |
| Pages | pp 148-156 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jica.htm |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Informal care ; Family care ; Stress ; Services ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of providing health and well-being checks and six months support to unpaid carers. Changes in carer stress were measured between baseline and final assessment. This was a cross sectional, correlational study of 394 recruited carers and a sub-group of 348 carers who received support for six months. A T-test measured mean change in the carers' GHQ-12 scores between baseline and final assessment. A chi-squared test was used to measure movement in the GHQ-12 scoring quartiles between the baseline and final assessment. Study findings showed that the 348 carers receiving support for six months reported a statistically significant small reduction in their baseline and final assessment scores. The carers identified by the GHQ as having less severe stress scores did better than those with more severe stress levels. As there was no control group it was not possible to compare these outcomes with the outcomes of a group of carers receiving care as usual. It was therefore possible that there were other factors at play for the intervention group over the six month period of support, other than the intervention itself, which influenced the change in carer stress. There is limited research available on the outcomes of carers' interventions, particularly those which involve holistic interventions, such as health and well-being checks being delivered by a multi-agency partnership. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130712202 A |
| Classmark | CC: D:F:5HH: P6: P6:SJ: QNH: I: 4C |
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