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Title: Coping and caring : support for family caregivers of stroke survivors
Authors: Chow, SKY 
Wong, FKY 
Poon, CYF
Issue Date: Jul-2007
Source: Journal of clinical nursing, July 2007, v. 16, no. 7b, p. 133-143
Abstract: Aims and objectives. This study examines the physical and emotional burden experienced by caregivers of stroke survivors, compared with caregivers of patients having neurological diseases.
Background. Stroke survivors have residual neurological impairment, which requires long-term support and care. Anxiety, depression and poor physical health are common sequelae among family caregivers of stroke survivors. There is a reasonably consistent association between patients’ levels of disability and emotional state and the emotional distress of their caregivers.
Design. A convenience sample of 47 families was recruited: of the 47 families, 23 had a member who suffered from stroke and 24 had a member with neurological disease.
Method. Two interviews were conducted at three and six months after the occurrence of the index stroke or neurological disease.
Results. When the two groups of caregivers were compared for anxiety, depression and physical health status after care giving, the caregivers of stroke patients demonstrated higher levels of anxiety and depression than their counterparts in the neurological disease group (p < 0·001). However, there was no significant difference in physical health status between the two groups. Educational attainment, patient group and physical and cognitive impairment of the patients were the predictors of anxiety and the depressive status of the caregivers, while their age and level of depression contributed significantly to their physical health status.
Conclusion. The physical and emotional well-being of two groups of family caregivers in a neurosurgical unit were compared in the caring context. The caregivers of stroke survivors are at a greater risk of developing poor physical and emotional health than the caregivers of patients having neurological diseases.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Journal: Journal of clinical nursing 
ISSN: 0962-1067
EISSN: 1365-2702
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01711.x
Rights: © 2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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