Beyond Strain

Sutter, Megan; Perrin, Paul B.; Peralta, Silvina Victoria; Stolfi, Miriam E.; Morelli, Eliana; Obeso, Leticia Aracely Peña; Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos

doi:10.1177/1043659615573081

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“…In our study, among the three dimensions of SOC, manageability is the most important. These results match those of Sutter et al [44] and show that the ability to evaluate stressful events as being manageable can have great importance in controlling stressors.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Association between Sense of Coherence and Mental Health in Caregivers of Older Adults

Serrano-Ortega

Moreno-Cámara

López‐Martínez

2019

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The purpose of this study was to analyze association between sense of coherence and perceived burden, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in caregivers of older adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a probabilistic sample of 132 caregivers of older relatives from the regions of Jaén, Spain. The measures assessed were sense of coherence (Life Orientation Questionnaire), subjective burden (Caregiver Strain Index of Robinson), anxiety and depression (Goldberg Scale), and quality of life (Health Questionnaire SF-12). The main analyses included bivariate analysis using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis through canonical correlation analysis. Our findings show that the sense of coherence explained 50.8% of the variance shared between subjective burden, anxiety, depression, and quality of life. We highlighted manageability as the variable within the dimensions of the sense of coherence with the greatest participation in the model. The sense of coherence may be an important protective factor for the mental health of the caregiver of dependent elderly relatives.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Association between Sense of Coherence and Mental Health in Caregivers of Older Adults

Serrano-Ortega

Moreno-Cámara

López‐Martínez

2019

IJERPH

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“…The most frequent reasons found in the literature are a sense of family obligations, driven by tradition and culture, moral values, and in many cases the issue of personal consideration, with focus on feelings of meaning, purpose and reciprocity was mentioned as reason (Chiao et al, 2015; van Groenou and De Boer, 2016). Tradition and cultural norms can motivate individuals to take on caregiving tasks even though they experience this as a burden (Sutter et al, 2016). Furthermore, as reported by Huber and Kuehlmeyer (2012), the decision to stay with and care for patients is not a voluntary one but depends on the type of responsibility in the relationship: asymmetric responsibility between a mother and a son and reciprocal responsibility between partners or friends.…”

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Supporting Double Duty Caregiving and Good Employment Practices in Health Care Within an Aging Society

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Background: Due to the aging society the number of informal caregivers is growing. Most informal caregivers are women working as nurses within a health organization (also labeled as double-duty caregiver) and they have a high risk of developing mental and physical exhaustion. Until now little research attention has been paid to the expectations and needs of double duty caregivers and the role of self-management in managing private-work balance. Objective: The overall aim of this study was to investigate the expectations and needs of double duty caregivers in Netherlands, and to examine the meaning of self-management in managing work-life balance. Method: Different research methods have been applied in this exploratory study. Firstly, a scoping review has been conducted on the topics self-management and sustainable employability of double-duty caregivers using the search engines: CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Furthermore, a qualitative study has been conducted through focus groups with double duty caregivers. Results: Twenty studies that met the inclusion criteria (i.e., nurses with double duty caregiving tasks) could be identified. We found that double duty caregivers have different motivations for being a double duty caregiver based on internal and external expectations. Double duty caregiving causes a lot of mental and physical pressure for the caregiver. To be able to combine both duty’s, double duty caregivers need flexibility and understanding from the workplace. Through two focus groups ( N = 17) we found that social support from the workplace is not enough to be able to manage the situation. Self-management skills are important to be able to communicate effectively with the workplace and community care organizations about the kind of support needed. Also, health care organizations should offer the same support to double duty caregivers as any other informal caregiver. Discussion: Double-duty caregivers are at high risk of developing symptoms of overload and risk of reduced self-management quality and employability levels across time. Health care organizations and the double duty caregiver often wait too long to act instead of taking more preventive measures. Furthermore, community care organizations should dialog with double duty caregivers about their wishes concerning the division of caring tasks. This finding calls for special attention, with long-term solutions at both macro (health-care level), organizational (meso-level), and employee level (micro level).

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“…Our modelling incorporated a range of psychological characteristics alongside depression, and the final model included the personality trait of neuroticism, optimism, self-esteem, and the subjective sense of loneliness. Recent work has indicated the relevance of personality traits,15 while hope has been identified as related to better QoL,40 and optimism has been associated with greater life satisfaction 16. Our study builds on this by grouping several psychological factors together and including these alongside other nonpsychological predictors.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Well-being among those caring for a person with dementia is more closely associated with the characteristics of the caregiver and the caregiving situation than with the illness characteristics of the person with dementia or the objective level of burden 13. Caregivers’ own resources, including social support14 and personal strengths such as personality traits,15 an optimistic outlook and feelings of competence16 and use of problem-focused rather than emotion-based coping strategies17 underpin maintenance of mental health and are associated with better well-being. Furthermore, it is increasingly recognized that caregiving itself can lead to positive experiences, such as accomplishment and enjoyment of the role, feelings of mutuality, increased family cohesion, and personal growth and purpose in life 18–20…”

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A Comprehensive Model of Factors Associated With Capability to “Live Well” for Family Caregivers of People Living With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia

Clare

Quinn

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Alzheimer Disease &Amp; Associated Disorders

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Abstract: Incorporating strengths-based approaches into research on caregiver interventions in regions where caregiving is a highly culturally valued role such as Latin America may have the potential to improve the mental health of dementia caregivers.

Cited by 25 publications

References 58 publications

Association between Sense of Coherence and Mental Health in Caregivers of Older Adults

Association between Sense of Coherence and Mental Health in Caregivers of Older Adults

Supporting Double Duty Caregiving and Good Employment Practices in Health Care Within an Aging Society

A Comprehensive Model of Factors Associated With Capability to “Live Well” for Family Caregivers of People Living With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia

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