Patterns of coping preferences for male and female caregivers of frail older adults.

DeVries, Helen M.; Hamilton, David W.; Lovett, Steven; Gallagher‐Thompson, Dolores

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.12.2.263

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“…It is uncertain whether the latter fact reflects a real gender difference in the severity of morbidity, burden, and strain as suggested by previous research 51 52 or a sex difference in coping and help seeking behaviour between male and female carers. 53 Future studies will need to ensure inclusion of a more representative sample of caregivers to fully test the generalisability of the treatment.…”

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for carers of patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Secker

Brown²

2005

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

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Objective: Most individuals with Parkinson's disease live in their own homes cared for by a family member. Providing such long term care can be a source of significant stress, with many carers experiencing sleep difficulty, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and other symptoms of psychological strain. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychological treatments in clinical use today, with applications across the full range of clinical conditions. It has been previously used in the management of other carer groups. The present study sought to evaluate the efficacy of CBT in treating psychological distress in a group of Parkinson's disease carers. Method: A total of 30 carers scoring at caseness level on the 28 item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were randomised to receive either a course of 12-14 sessions of CBT or to a no-treatment control group. Results: Although some change was observed in both groups, significantly greater improvement on the GHQ-28 was observed after three months in the CBT treated group. Similar findings were observed in measures of caregiver strain and subjective burden, with the benefits being maintained over a subsequent three month follow up period. Conclusions: These results offer preliminary support to the value of a CBT approach in the management of psychological morbidity in Parkinson's disease carers. Further larger scale research is needed in the future to examine the generalisability of the findings to a broader range of carers, assess the longer term impact on outcome in carers and those with Parkinson's disease, and explore how CBT can be best delivered in the most cost effective manner.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for carers of patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Secker

Brown²

2005

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

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“…Acceptance also acknowledges tolerance to criticism, misunderstandings, and outpourings of pain and frustration. DeVaries, Hamilton, Lovett, and Gallagher-Thompson (1998) showed that gender is not related to perceived helpfulness of specific coping strategies.…”

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Stress among Family Caregivers of Older Persons in Singapore

Mehta

2006

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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It is projected that, in the 21st century, the majority of the world's older people will be living in Asia. After Japan, Singapore is the most rapidly aging country in Asia. With an increasing life expectancy, many older persons will require health and instrumental care during later life stages. In Singapore, close to 95% of older people co-reside with family members, highlighting the importance of community support for family caregivers. Using a study of 61 principal family caregivers in Singapore, this article highlights the nature of and relationship between caregivers' stress and gender, patients' activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL dependency, and caregivers' attitudes. Findings from the study suggest that female caregivers tended to be more stressed than male caregivers. Results also showed a significant inverse relationship between the level of stress experienced by caregivers and the ADL and instrumental ADL dependency of patients. Caregivers looking after patients suffering from dementia, Parkinson's disease, and hypertension were more likely to be stressed than those caring for persons with stroke, depression, and other illnesses. This article concludes by describing some implications of this research for social worker practice and for informal as well as formal support programs for family caregivers.

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“…Traditionally, women have been socialized to be relationship oriented, whereas men have been socialized be task oriented. As a result, female caregivers are more likely than male ones to pray for guidance, talk with a friend, and get busy with other activities to keep their minds off the problem (De Vries, Hamilton, Lovett, & Gallagher-Thompson, 1997; Lutzky & Knight, 1994). Findings from prior research regarding race and ethnicity have been mixed, however.…”

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Patterns of Coping Among Family Caregivers of Frail Older Adults

Lin

2013

Res Aging

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Past studies have extensively examined factors associated with coping strategies that caregivers use to ameliorate distress or solve problems. While these studies have found that stressors and individual resources influence choices of coping strategies, they have tended to overlook caregivers’ social resources and have rarely considered the possibility that distinct groups of caregivers may use different sets of coping strategies. We conducted latent-class analyses to identify distinct groups of caregivers: those using no particular patterns of coping (unpatterned-coping), those centering on ameliorating distress (emotional-coping), and those focusing on both ameliorating distress and solving problems (hybrid-coping). Stressors distinguished all three coping groups, individual resources differentiated the hybrid-coping group from the emotional-coping group and the unpatterned-coping group, and social resources separated the emotional-coping group and the hybrid-coping group from the unpatterned-coping group. These findings indicate different factors contributing to caregivers’ use of different coping styles and suggest ways to better help caregivers.

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Patterns of coping preferences for male and female caregivers of frail older adults.

Cited by 41 publications

References 23 publications

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for carers of patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for carers of patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Stress among Family Caregivers of Older Persons in Singapore

Patterns of Coping Among Family Caregivers of Frail Older Adults

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