Finding meaning as a mediator of burden on the health of caregivers of spouses with dementia
Finding meaning as a mediator of burden on the health of caregivers of spouses with dementia
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DOI：
10.1080/13607863.2010.543656
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Rice, Marti
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作者：
McLennon, Susan M.;Habermann, Barbara;Rice, Marti
目的：本研究的目的是探讨的作用，发现意义的照顾者的负担照顾者health.Method的影响，控制潜在的影响因素的一种应对方式和潜在的调解人的照顾者的健康，这是一个横截面，描述性研究的84个社区居住的配偶照顾者痴呆症患者，参与者在一个面对面的会议期间完成问卷调查。变量包括背景和上下文变量，照顾者的负担，发现意义通过解释（FMTCG），和照顾者的身体和心理健康。测量方法包括Zarit负担访谈、FMTCG量表和医疗结果简表36，v2。结果：回归分析显示，FMTCG部分介导了照顾者负担和照顾者心理健康之间的关系。照顾者的负担与照顾者的身体health.Conclusion：本研究提供了新的信息，通过研究的作用，发现意义的bracketing，概念化从存在的角度来看，作为一个调解员的压力应对过程。照顾者负担对照顾者心理健康有间接影响，部分通过寻找意义来介导。结果强调了积极方面的重要性，如寻找意义作为潜在的缓冲的负担的负担。
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the role of finding meaning in caregiving as a way of coping and potential mediator of the effect of caregiver burden on caregiver health, controlling for potentially influencing factors.Method: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study of 84 community-residing spouse caregivers for persons with dementia in which participants completed questionnaires during a face-to-face meeting. Variables included background and contextual variables, caregiver burden, finding meaning through caregiving (FMTCG), and caregiver physical and mental health. Measures included the Zarit Burden Interview, the FMTCG Scale, and the Medical Outcomes Short Form-36, v2.Results: Regression analyses revealed that FMTCG partially mediated the relationship between caregiver burden and caregiver mental health. Caregiver burden was not associated with caregiver physical health.Conclusion: This study contributed new information by examining the role of finding meaning in caregiving, conceptualized from an existential perspective, as a mediator in the stress-coping process. Caregiver burden had an indirect effect on caregiver mental health that was partially mediated by finding meaning. Results underscore the importance of the positive aspects of caregiving such as finding meaning as potential buffers of the burden of caregiving.