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| Applicability of the pre-death grief concept to dementia family caregivers in Asia | | Author(s) | Tau Ming Liew |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 31, no 7, July 2016 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 749-754 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Asian people ; Emotions ; Bereavement. |
| Annotation | Pre-death grief is prevalent among dementia family caregivers. When unaddressed it produces adverse outcomes. With its research primarily conducted in Caucasians, its applicability to non-Caucasians is uncertain. The present study explored the existence and the characteristics of pre-death grief in a multi-ethnic Asian population using an established pre-death grief scale, namely the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI). 72 dementia family caregivers were recruited from a tertiary hospital. Existence of pre-death grief was shown by its measurability on MM-CGI, together with good internal consistency reliability and construct validity. Characteristics of pre-death grief were explored through multivariate linear regression of MM-CGI and by comparing MM-CGI scores with those from the original US study using one-sample T-test. In the Asian context pre-death grief was measurable in a reliable and valid manner. Risk factors of pre-death grief included caring for patients with severe dementia, spousal relationship and secondary or below education. Influence of culture was palpable: Asians had more worries and felt isolation, and certain ethnicity showed more pre-death grief. Pre-death grief is applicable even to the non-Caucasian population. It bears much similarity to that in Caucasians, however its expression is modified by culture. Clinicians working with non-Caucasian populations need to be sensitive to its presence and to the influence of culture on its expression. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160624203 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: TKK: DL: DW |
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