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| Title |
Coping strategies and quality of life in caregivers of dependent elderly relatives
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-017-0634-8 |
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| Authors |
Margarita Rodríguez-Pérez, Ana Abreu-Sánchez, María Jesús Rojas-Ocaña, Rafael del-Pino-Casado |
| Abstract |
Despite the importance of coping in caregiving, there are few studies on the relationship between coping and quality of life in caregivers of the frail dependent elderly. Thus, this study aims to analyze the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life dimensions in primary caregivers of dependent elderly relatives. A cross-sectional study was conducted from 86 caregivers. Predictive variables were coping strategies (problem-focused, emotion-focused, socially-supported, and dysfunctional); dependent variables were quality of life dimensions (psychological, physical, relational, and environmental); and potential confounding variables were age, gender, perceived health and burden of caregiver, and functional capacity of care receiver. Correlation coefficients were calculated and multiple linear regression analysis was performed. After controlling for potential confounders, dysfunctional coping was related to worse quality of life in the psychological dimension, while emotion-focused and socially-supported coping were related to superior psychological and environmental dimensions of quality of life. The physical and relational dimensions of quality of life were not related to coping strategies. 1) it is important to consider coping strategies in the assessment of primary caregivers of dependent elderly relatives; 2) the quality of life of caregivers is related to their coping strategies, 3) their quality of life can be worsened by avoidance-type coping, and 4) their quality of life can be improved by active emotion-focused coping and socially-supported coping. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 257 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 257 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 9% |
| Researcher | 16 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 90 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 82 | 32% |
| Psychology | 24 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Unknown | 98 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2022.
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#1,206,767
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Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#50
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#26,130
of 309,070 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#3
of 68 outputs
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