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An Exploratory Study of Grief and Health-Related Quality of Life for Caregivers of People With Dementia

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, December 2013
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Title
An Exploratory Study of Grief and Health-Related Quality of Life for Caregivers of People With Dementia
Published in
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, December 2013
DOI 10.1177/1533317513517034
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Authors

Patricia Shuter, Elizabeth Beattie, Helen Edwards

Abstract

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore key positive and negative factors that impact on grief resolution and health outcomes of caregivers who were caring, or had cared, for a family member with dementia who had died. The study was a scoping study and involved face-to-face interviews with these family caregivers (N = 13). Results indicated a complex interaction of issues (many unique to dementia caregiving) which in different combinations acted as protective or risk factors for caregiver outcomes. Interaction of individual characteristics, role appraisal, value of intrinsic and extrinsic resources, and experiences with health professionals during the caregiving period and around the death of their relative were shown to have the most influence on caregiver outcomes. Psychological resilience and satisfaction with caregiving were protective against negative outcomes while unresolved grief was a risk factor. These findings highlight the potential benefits of multicomponent, holistic dementia caregiver interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 139 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 20 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 14%
Student > Bachelor 17 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 9%
Researcher 10 7%
Other 21 15%
Unknown 41 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 35 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 11%
Social Sciences 7 5%
Unspecified 5 4%
Other 16 11%
Unknown 40 29%
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#17,708,224
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Outputs from American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
#614
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#220,278
of 304,442 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
#24
of 39 outputs
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