Assessment of the Efficacy of a Stress Management Program for Informal Caregivers of Dependent Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Lopez, Javier; Crespo, Maria; Zarit, Steven H.
Titel	Assessment of the Efficacy of a Stress Management Program for Informal Caregivers of Dependent Older Adults
Quelle	In: Gerontologist, 47 (2007) 2, S.205-214 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9013
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Caregivers; Stress Management; Depression (Psychology); Control Groups; Anxiety; Adolescents; Older Adults; Comparative Analysis; Well Being; Physical Mobility; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Angst; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Älterer Erwachsener; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Purpose: The majority of dependent older adults receive care at home from a family member. Caregiving places enormous demands on these caregivers and the negative consequences associated with caregiving are well documented. In this study we compared the effectiveness of two active interventions to a waiting-list control condition to improve emotional well-being in family caregivers. Design and Methods: We randomized distressed caregivers (N = 91) of physically impaired older adults to one of three conditions: traditional weekly sessions, minimal-therapist-contact sessions, or a waiting-list control group. These manual-guided interventions took place over a 2-month period. Results: Caregivers in the traditional weekly sessions experienced the highest reduction in depressive and anxious symptoms. Compared with control participants, caregivers in the traditional weekly sessions had lower posttreatment levels of depression and anxiety. They had also lower levels of depression than did caregivers in the minimal-therapist-contact intervention. Implications: These data suggest that traditional weekly sessions may be effective in reducing caregiver anxiety and depression. They further suggest that traditional weekly sessions are better than no intervention, and they are also better than a minimal-therapist-contact intervention. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10