Subjective wellbeing amongst informal caregivers of people with wounds: A cross-sectional survey.

Objective: The present study investigated subjective wellbeing amongst informal caregivers of people with wounds. Although under-investigated in the wound care literature, prior research indicates that informal caregiving results in a series of poorer outcomes for the caregiver. Methods: A convenien...

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Publicado en:Wound Practice & Research Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 172 - 179
Autores principales: Rich, K., Upton, D.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Cambridge Publishing Dec2017
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          Rich, K.
          Upton, D.
        affil: School of Applied Psychology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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          Psychological Well-Being Evaluation
          Caregivers Psychosocial Factors
          Wounds, Chronic
          Wound Care
          Personal Satisfaction Evaluation
          Family Relations
          Human
          Convenience Sample
          Male
          Female
          Young Adult
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Sleep
          Coefficient alpha
          Interpersonal Relations
          Australia
          Summated Rating Scaling
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          Cross Sectional Studies
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          Descriptive Statistics
          P-Value
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Two-Tailed Test
          Effect Size
          Hypothesis
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Male
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      ab: Objective: The present study investigated subjective wellbeing amongst informal caregivers of people with wounds. Although under-investigated in the wound care literature, prior research indicates that informal caregiving results in a series of poorer outcomes for the caregiver. Methods: A convenience sample of 57 caregivers (16 male, 41 female, 19-84 years old), was recruited from public outpatient facilities. Participants completed measures of caregiving satisfaction, and subjective wellbeing, in addition to characteristics about themselves and the care provided. Results: The informal caregivers of people with wounds scored significantly lower on a measure of subjective wellbeing than the Australian population to a large effect (d = 1.11). Negative associations were identified between sleep and subjective wellbeing, while positive associations were found between caregiving satisfaction, and relationship quality with subjective wellbeing. Discussion: Caregivers displayed lower subjective wellbeing than the general population. Subjective wellbeing was related to sleep, satisfaction, and relationship quality. Future research should compare outcomes of the caregivers of people with different forms of wounds, and should determine if correlating stressors and mediators are causal to wellbeing.
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