Gender roles and caregiving stress: an examination of subjective appraisals of specific primary stressors in Alzheimer's caregivers. 1(2).
G.R. Ford
Bok Engelsk 1997
| Utgitt | 1997
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| Omfang | 158- 165
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| Opplysninger | Family caregivers of patients with dementia face numerous, severestressors in the course of caring for their relatives. While womenare more likely than men to take on the caregiving role, evidence ismixed concerning how traditional gender roles influence response tocaregiving. In the present study, male (n = 67) and female (n = 130)primary caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease reported ontheir appraisals of the subjective stressfulness of 44 common primarycaregiving stressors, including patient memory and behavior problemsand self-care deficits. Male and female caregivers did not differ inlength of caregiving service or hours per week spent in caring fortheir relatives, and there were no differences in terms of overallimpairment in patients cared for by males and females. Males andfemales showed no differences in their stressfulness appraisals ofany of the 44 primary caregiving stressors. Memory and self-caredeficits, while relatively common, were rated as less stressful bymale and female caregivers than behavioral problems. It appears thatin the context of caregiving in Alzheimer's disease, gender roles maybe less important than the nature of the stressor in determiningreaction to primary stressors. Interventions to alleviate caregiverdistress should target behavioral problems, such as dangerousbehavior and agitation, which are most stressful to caregivers.
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