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Gender roles and caregiver stress
— an examination of subjective appraisal of specific primary stressors in Alzheimer's caregivers | | Author(s) | G R Ford, K T Goode, J J Barrett |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 1, no 2, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 158-165 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Dementia ; Stress ; Social roles ; Sexual equality ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, male and female primary caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease reported on their appraisals of the subjective stressfulness of 44 common primary caregiving stressors, including patient memory and behaviour problems and self-care deficits. Male and female caregivers did not differ in length of caregiving service or hours per week spent in caring for their relatives, and there were no differences in terms of overall impairment in patients cared for by males and females. Males and females showed no differences in their stressfulness appraisals of any of the 44 primary caregiving stressors. Memory and self-care deficits, were rated as less stressful by caregivers than behavioural problems - so gender roles may be less important than the nature of the stressor in determining reaction to primary stressors. Interventions should target behavioural problems, such as dangerous behaviour and agitation, which are most stressful to caregivers. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970529007 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: EA: QNH: TM5: TM8: 4C: 7T |
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