Social support, coping strategies and health‐related quality of life among primary caregivers of stroke survivors in China

Yu, Yunhong; Hu, Jie; Efird, Jimmy T.; McCoy, Thomas P.

doi:10.1111/jocn.12251

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“…Many of the nursing reserches in this area have explored those caregivers who were better able to cope with stressors and had perceived fewer burdens. [23,24] In the same line of this explanation Damrosch & Pert(2007) [25] reported that in Turkey about self-reported adjustment, chronic sorrow, and coping of parents of children with chronic illness. Also, Blount et al (2008) [26] who studied evidence -based intervention of coping and stress in pediatric psychology in University of Wales, Cardiff, they have referred to the importance of coping strategies in reducing stress for parents or caregivers.…”

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The effect of supportive nursing intervention on burden and coping strategies of cargivers of children with cancer

Hassan

Ibrahim²

2018

JNEP

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Background and objective: Cancer is a serious health problem. Children with cancer are in particular need of support and care due to its complications followed by chemotherapy. These children should be cared for at home by family caregivers, and this places great mental and physical burden on caregivers. Therefore, appropriate and effective nursing interventions are essential in order to decrease burden and improve their coping pattern. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of supportive nursing intervention on the burden of care and coping pattern in caregivers of children with cancer.

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The effect of supportive nursing intervention on burden and coping strategies of cargivers of children with cancer

Hassan

Ibrahim²

2018

JNEP

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“…Skills training to offer support and teach effective coping skills, such as relaxation techniques and problem-solving techniques, are useful in lessening negative caregiver outcomes. 6,11,15,16 Empirical data that support these skills can be taught by nurses via the telephone, in conjunction with written materials. 17 Counseling to address caregivers' feelings and strategies to address their own personal care needs is also useful.…”

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Common Caregiver Issues and Nursing Interventions After a Stroke

Grant

Hunt

Steadman

2014

Stroke

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A fter rehabilitation, most stroke survivors return to the community and continue with their daily lives, despite stroke-related functional, cognitive, and behavioral changes.1 Caregivers are the primary support system for these survivors after discharge and an integral part of the healthcare team that contributes to survivors' rehabilitation and recovery.2,3 However, caregiving is stressful, and caregivers often experience a variety of interrelated individual, interpersonal, and organizational issues in managing stroke-related deficits. These issues and potential nursing interventions for addressing them will be discussed in this article. Individual Issues and Nursing InterventionsIndividual caregiver issues commonly relate to insufficient knowledge and skills to understand and manage stroke survivors' physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral problems. 4 Initially, caregivers request information about the stroke diagnosis, prognosis, complications, and predicted recovery. 5 As stroke survivors begin the transition to home care, caregivers require information about assuring their safety, including fall prevention, medications, and prescriptions; adequate nutrition; and management of physical, instrumental, psychological, and behavioral problems. Empirical data support caregivers who also require information and support about how to manage complex feelings and interactions with stroke survivors who experience memory problems, depression, anxiety, frustration, withdrawal, and are argumentative. [6][7][8] Empirical literature also indicates that caregivers feel uncertain and unprepared in the caregiving role.9 Caregivers need open and honest communication about their role and stroke survivors' abilities, 3,10 while also offering hope. Conducting a comprehensive predischarge nursing assessment of caregiver physical and psychological health and social, financial, and spiritual needs initially and during follow-up is essential. 11This assessment is vital to understand how caregivers' skills, abilities, and resources match stroke survivors' needs for follow-up care better. On the basis of this assessment, nurses should develop a highly individualized case management plan to help caregivers attain skills and services necessary to facilitate success and seamless postdischarge transition. 2Although nurses provide important information, stroke-and caregiving-related information commonly is not remembered by overwhelmed caregivers. Therefore, basic information should be provided throughout acute and chronic care in both oral and written formats, with frequent reinforcement of specific information in the caregiving trajectory.12 Caregivers also request that more extensive services be offered during rehabilitation, especially on weekends 13 because competing work and other responsibilities (family, home, and church) make attending rehabilitation therapy difficult during the week. 4 Furthermore, although guidelines exist, some resources suggest there is no consensus about what caregivers need in rehabilitation and the gu...

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“…Both conditions are associated with the reduction of negative effects from exposition to physical or emotional trauma (Lawrence & Fauerbach, 2003), with the increase of quality of life of both, patients and caregivers (Yu, Hu, Efird, McCoy, 2013), and with coping with difficulties of acute burn injuries (Farrell, Bennett, & Gamelli, 2010).…”

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Coping, Personality Traits and Social Support in Severe Burn Survivors

Frota¹,

Zanini²

2013

PSYCH

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Objective: The present study aimed at investigating the correlations among coping, personality traits, and social support for burn survivors. Method: Participants were 48 patients from a reference burn hospital who attended group meetings at a non-governmental organization associated to that institution that offers support to burn survivors. Data were collected from February to May, 2010. The participants answered a socio-demographic questionnaire and three instruments: Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI), Personality Markers, and Social Support Questionnaire (MOS Scale). Results: The data obtained showed a significant correlation among the personality traits neuroticism and socialization and social support, as well as between socialization and coping; however, differently than expected, no significant correlation was established between social support and coping. Conclusion: Personality traits are related to the perception of support from others; however the perception of support does not influence the way burn survivors cope with their problems. These data were discussed in order to broaden the knowledge and stimulate new studies on the area, so that, based on this information, more efficient treatment plans and interventions can be designed to fulfill both the physical and emotional needs of these survivors with more competency and perceptiveness.

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Social support, coping strategies and health‐related quality of life among primary caregivers of stroke survivors in China

Abstract: Community healthcare providers may need to help caregivers strengthen strategies that are effective (planning, active coping, seeking instrumental and emotional support) and change those that are not helpful (venting, denial and self-blame).

Cited by 68 publications

References 47 publications

The effect of supportive nursing intervention on burden and coping strategies of cargivers of children with cancer

The effect of supportive nursing intervention on burden and coping strategies of cargivers of children with cancer

Common Caregiver Issues and Nursing Interventions After a Stroke

Coping, Personality Traits and Social Support in Severe Burn Survivors

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