Personal Strengths and Health Related Quality of Life in Dementia Caregivers from Latin America

Wiese, Jason; Perrin, Paul B.; Aggarwal, Richa; Peralta, Silvina Victoria; Stolfi, Miriam E.; Morelli, Eliana; Obeso, Leticia Aracely Peña; Arango‐Lasprilla, Juan Carlos

doi:10.1155/2015/507196

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“…An alternative explanation is that the effects of the wisdom resources and social supports may be stronger on life satisfaction than on physical health because those resources are more likely to correlate with psychological health than physical health. This is consistent with previous studies showing that psychosocial resilience resources (e.g., optimism) are less likely to relate to physical well-being than to psychological well-being (Nygren et al, 2005; Trapp et al, 2015). They suggested that psychological resources might not directly relate to physical well-being of caregivers as strongly as they do to psychological well-being.…”

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The Effects of the MORE Wisdom Resources on Spousal Caregivers’ Life Satisfaction: An Application of the Resilience Model

Kim

Knight

2016

Clinical Gerontologist

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Objectives Models of resilience suggest that psychosocial resources and their interactions facilitate resilience while experiencing life challenges of caregiving. The MORE wisdom resources (sense of Mastery, Openness to experience, Reflective attitude, and Emotion regulation) have been suggested as possible personal resources of resilience that predict positive health outcomes of caregivers. Applying a model of resilience, this study examined the direct and indirect effects of the three of the MORE wisdom resources (sense of Mastery, Openness to experience, and Emotion regulation) on caregiving spouses' life satisfaction and perceived physical health. Methods Using data from the survey of Midlife in the United States, caregiving spouses (n = 114) and matched non-caregivers (n = 114) were included. We compared the direct and indirect effects of the wisdom resources on life satisfaction and physical health between the two groups. Results The simple mediation model proposed in 2008 by Preacher and Hayes revealed that openness to experience was directly associated with better life satisfaction among caregiving spouses. Sense of mastery and emotion regulation had indirect effects on life satisfaction through spousal support. The effects the wisdom resources on caregiving spouses' perceived physical health were not found. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the three of the MORE wisdom resources are possible personal resilience factors influencing life satisfaction among caregiving spouses. Moreover, the study showed how spousal support mediates the relationship between the wisdom resources and life satisfaction. Clinical Implications Interventions aiming to increase life satisfaction among caregiving spouses should focus on increasing both personal and environmental resources and strengthening the relationship of the caregiver and care recipient.

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The Effects of the MORE Wisdom Resources on Spousal Caregivers’ Life Satisfaction: An Application of the Resilience Model

Kim

Knight

2016

Clinical Gerontologist

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“…Our study showed a significant relationship between resilience and caregivers' QoL. Resilience is considered to act as a protective factor by increasing the QoL, coping and overall adaptation to difficulties related to caregivers 11 . The QoL involves the individuals' subjective perceptions about their role in life, based on their culture and system of values 28 .…”

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“…In contrast, the sense of coherence depends on the ability to realize that the situation is understandable or predictable and to perceive one' s ability to cope in a difficult situation and to find meaning in everyday events or problems faced 11 .…”

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Caregivers’ resilience is independent from the clinical symptoms of dementia

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Simões-Neto

Santos³

et al. 2016

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Resilience is the capacity for successful adaptation when faced with the stress of adversity. We aimed to investigate the relationship between caregivers’ resilience and the sociodemographic and clinical factors of people with dementia. Cross-sectional assessment of 58 people with dementia and their caregiver dyads showed that most caregivers were female adult children. The caregivers reported moderate to higher levels of resilience, lower levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and moderate levels of burden. Resilience was not related to the caregiver’s gender (p = 0.883), nor clinical (p = 0.807) or emotional problems (p = 0.420). The regression showed that resilience was related to the caregiver’s quality of life (p < 0.01) and inversely associated with their depressive symptoms (p < 0.01). There was no relationship between caregivers’ resilience and the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of people with dementia. We can assume that resilience is an individual characteristic. Support groups should also focus on the factors that may increase resilience among caregivers.

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“…A Spanish version of The Short Form Health Survey (SF‐36; Ware, Snow, Kosinski, & Gandek, ) was used to measure mental and physical HRQOL. The Spanish version of the SF‐36 has been effectively applied to neurorehabilitation caregiver studies within Latin America (Arango‐Lasprilla et al, ; Mickens, Perrin, Aguayo, Macias, & Arango‐Lasprilla, ; Trapp et al, ). The SF‐36 assesses social functioning, physical functioning, emotional role‐limitations, physical role‐limitations, mental health, general health, vitality, and pain.…”

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Perceived stress, resilience, and health‐related quality of life among Parkinson's disease caregivers in Mexico

Ertl

Wiese

Arredondo

et al. 2019

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The stress process model of caregiving posits that caregivers' internal psychosocial resources may serve as buffers between the stress associated with caregiving and well‐being. Empirical support for the stress process model exists for several caregiving contexts, but little research has investigated the Parkinson's disease caregiving experience in Mexico. Using a cross‐sectional, correlational design, the objective of this study was to examine whether resilience moderates the relation between perceived stress and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) among Parkinson's disease caregivers in Mexico. Data were collected from April 2015 to February 2016 during outpatient neurology appointments in Mexico City, Mexico. Participants included informal caregivers (N = 95) for a family member with Parkinson's disease. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires assessing their level of perceived stress, resilience, and HRQOL. Regression analyses indicated that resilience moderated the inverse relation between perceived stress and mental HRQOL. However, contrary to hypotheses, resilience did not moderate the relation between stress and physical HRQOL. Findings shed light on resilience as a potential protective factor for mental HRQOL among Parkinson's disease caregivers in Mexico and indicate that resilience may be beneficial to target in mental health promotion interventions.

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Personal Strengths and Health Related Quality of Life in Dementia Caregivers from Latin America

Cited by 35 publications

References 67 publications

The Effects of the MORE Wisdom Resources on Spousal Caregivers’ Life Satisfaction: An Application of the Resilience Model

The Effects of the MORE Wisdom Resources on Spousal Caregivers’ Life Satisfaction: An Application of the Resilience Model

Caregivers’ resilience is independent from the clinical symptoms of dementia

Perceived stress, resilience, and health‐related quality of life among Parkinson's disease caregivers in Mexico

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