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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Caregiver strain"”.
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Caregiver strain and quality of life: exploring the moderating role of caregiver age in an I/DD context
… with I/DD living at home with aging family caregivers. Caregiving for offspring with I/DD can lead to caregiver strain, which affects the quality of life (QoL) of both the caregiver and the family unit. While research on caregiver strain and its impact on QoL is growing, the moderating role …
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Caregiver Adaptation among Black and White Families of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Comparison of the Two Racial Groups
… have quantitatively examined outcomes in Black caregivers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined family adaptational outcomes in Black and White caregivers of individuals with ASD using the double ABCX model of family adaptation to examine the impacts of …
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Caregivers of Older Adults: Burden, Perception of Strain, and Health
… Consequently, increasing the number of informal caregivers required to care for an aging population. Research suggests that levels of caregiver strain and their ability to cope can impact the health of caregivers. Tsai's (2003) Middle-Range Theory of Caregiver Stress guided this study and was …
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Mental Health Service Utilization Among African-American Adolescents
… treatment engagement amongst 90 African-American caregiver-adolescent dyads. </p> <p>Consistent with previous research, psychological symptoms, functional impairment, and caregiver strain were each associated with increased odds of adolescent treatment. Caregiver ratings were more strongly related …
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Pattern of recovery and outcome after stroke in patients accessing a Western Cape rehabilitation facility
… Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale, the Caregiver Strain Jndex and the EQ-5D, a measure of health related quality of life. Questionnaires drawn up for use in the study collected further information on patient characteristics, residential and work status at six months, as well as …
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Trajectories of Emotional Problems in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Immigrants
… and immigrant category, suggesting an effect of caregiver strain. In terms of ethnic differences, Black, Arab, South Asian and East Asian respondents have emotional problems that increase at a faster rate in comparison to White immigrants over time. Results revealed that immigrants that endorsed …
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La sobrecarga en los cuidados: percepciones y manifestaciones de sobrecarga en personas cuidadoras de familiares dependientes. Un acercamiento a los factores predictores
… el SF12 y de la sobrecarga, medida a través del Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) (Betsy Robinson, 1983), validado en España por Sergio López Alonso y Mª Sol Moral Serrano en 2005 como Índice de Esfuerzo del Cuidador (IEC), analizando tanto la sobrecarga total, como la sobrecarga en cada una de sus …
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Cultural Competence--Does It Matter?: Lessons from a Mixed-Methods Study of Wraparound Practice
<p>This mixed methods study investigated whether caregivers' ratings of wraparound fidelity and satisfaction with the wraparound process differed based upon their facilitators' self-assessed cultural competence and caregivers' reported stress. An explanatory sequential design was used. The …
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THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING AMONG TAIWANESE CAREGIVERS OF AGING RELATIVES WITH DEMENTIA
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To describe family caregivers of older adults with dementia and their perceptions of the positive aspects of caregiving. More specifically, the study aimed to identify factors such as demographic characteristics of the older adults and caregivers, as well as caregiver …
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Life after stroke: ‘a life I like’ and ‘a life to live’.
… and exercise in an environment of peer and caregiver support called ‘ASPIRE’ – an acronym for Acute stroke, Self-management support, secondary Prevention, Information, Rehabilitation and Exercise. The development of the ASPIRE programme was influenced by interviews with those involved in the …
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A comparison of hospital-based and community-based models of cerebral palsy rehabilitation
… service delivery models from the perspective of caregivers and functional gains in children. Questionnaires were distributed to caregivers of children with CP at baseline and after three months. The caregivers were 46 in total, with twenty caregivers having children receiving rehabilitation …
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Evaluation of the mental health profile of caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in a low-resourced setting: development, translation and validation of patient-reported outcome measures
… child with functional limitations leads to poor caregiver mental health outcomes. For instance, depression, anxiety and caregiver burden are endemic in informal (unpaid) caregivers of children with cerebral palsy (CP), a common paediatric disability. However, caregivers who receive an adequate …
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Factors associated with improvement in the gross motor function outcomes of children with acquired brain injury in a paediatric intermediate care facility in the Western Cape, South Africa: A descriptive study
… health- related quality of life of the child and caregiver were predictive of improvement of motor function and participation. Methods: A quantitative, longitudinal, prospective cohort design with repeated measures was employed. The children received physiotherapy either intensively or …