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| Psychosocial factors associated with the use/non-use of mental health services by primary carers of individuals with dementia | | Author(s) | Darren Mockler, John Riorden, Marion Murphy |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 5, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 310-314 |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Dementia ; Usage [services] ; Family care ; Friend care ; Stress ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; London. |
| Annotation | Factors considered in this study on primary carers (friends or relatives) of people with dementia and their use/non-use of services were individual differences, health, stress, family/social support, years of caring, age of carers/person with dementia, gender, and level of behavioural disturbance of the person with dementia. 50 carers referred to the study by health services, social services representatives and GPs in North East London were divided into two groups: service user; non-user. Findings indicated that primary carers in the non-user group scored significantly higher on a measure (sense of coherence, SOC) estimating an individual's ability to deal with stressful situations. The individual's ability to deal with caring responsibilities was associated with a reduction in the level of diagnosable psychiatric disorder or `caseness' and the non-use of services. None of the other factors considered were found to be significant between the two groups. However, a significant inverse association between health, stress and individual ability to deal with stressful situations was found when the two carer groups were combined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980811003 A |
| Classmark | LP: EA: QLD: P6:SJ: P6:SX: QNH: F: 3F: 82L |
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