Burden of care, social support, and sense of coherence in elderly caregivers living with individuals with symptoms of dementia

Family members are often the care providers of individuals with dementia, and it is assumed that the need for this will increase. There has been little research into the association between the burden of care and the caregiver’s sense of coherence or receipt of social support. This study examined th...

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Published in:Dementia (London, England) England), 2016-11, Vol.15 (6), p.1422-1435
Main Authors: Stensletten, Kari, Bruvik, Frøydis, Espehaug, Birgitte, Drageset, Jorunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Caregivers - psychology
Cost of Illness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Object Attachment
Sense of Coherence
Social Support
Stress, Psychological
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Summary:Family members are often the care providers of individuals with dementia, and it is assumed that the need for this will increase. There has been little research into the association between the burden of care and the caregiver’s sense of coherence or receipt of social support. This study examined the relationship between the social support subdimensions and sense of coherence and the burden of care among older people giving care to a partner with dementia. The study was a cross-sectional observation study of 97 individuals, ≥65 years old and living with a partner who had symptoms of dementia. We used the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly, the Relative Stress Scale, the Social Provisions Scale, the Sense of Coherence Scale, and a questionnaire on sociodemographic variables. We used multiple regression analysis in a general linear model procedure. We defined statistical significance as p 
ISSN:1471-3012
1741-2684
DOI:10.1177/1471301214563319