When the care ends: emotional state of spanish bereaved caregivers of persons with dementia
Span. j. psychol
; 16: e97.1-e97.8, 2013. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Several researchers have found that caring for relatives with dementia has negative consequences on the caregivers physical and emotional health during the caregiving period. However, less attention has been paid to caregiver´s emotional state after the patient´s death. The aims of this study are 1) to evaluate the emotional state of the Spanish former caregivers after the care recipient death, and 2) to analyze the patients death circumstances and their influence in the current emotional state of caregivers. The sample was composed of 50 former caregivers of relatives diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. The dependent variables were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief. Most of the caregivers did not develop a complicated grief or depressive symptoms. However, caregivers are not uniform in their responses to bereavement. Specifically, grief was higher in spouses than in adult child, even after controlling the effect of gender and age. Furthermore, this study provides first evidence of the positive relationship between saying good-bye to the patient and caregivers emotional status (AU)
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Colección:
06-national
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ES
Base de datos:
IBECS
Asunto principal:
Cuidadores
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Demencia
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Depresión
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Emociones
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Span. j. psychol
Año:
2013
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Article