Stroke patients' informal caregivers: Patient, caregiver, and service factors that affect caregiver strain

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1517-1523

  Bugge, Carol ^a   Alexander, Helen ^b   Hagen, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregivers; Scotland; Stress; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

EID: 0032775880     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1517     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Anderson R. The contribution of informal care to the management of stroke. Int J Disabil Stud. 1988;10:107-112.
2. Wade DT, Langton-Hewer R. Hospital admission for acute stroke: who, for how long, and to what effect. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1985; 39:347-352.
3. Wilkinson PR, Wolfe CDA, Warburton FG, Rudd AG, Howard RS, Ross-Russell RW, Beech RR. A long-term follow-up of stroke patients. Stroke. 1997;28:507-512.
4. Addington-Hall J, Lay M, Altmann D, McCarthy M. Community care for stroke patients in the last year of life: results of a national retrospective survey of surviving family, friends and officials. Health Soc Care Community. 1998;6:112-119.
5. Scholte op Reimer WJM, de Haan RJ, Pijnenborg JMA, Limburg M, van den Bos GAM. Assessment of burden in partners of stroke patients with the sense of competence questionnaire. Stroke. 1998;29:373-379.
6. Anderson C, Linton J, Stewart-Wynne E. A population-based assessment of the impact and burden of caregiving for long-term stroke survivors. Stroke. 1995;26:843-849.
7. Greveson GC, Gray CS, French JM, James FW. Long term outcome for patients and carers following admission for stroke. Age Ageing. 1991;20: 337-344.
8. Dennis M, O'Rourke S, Slattery J, Staniforth T, Warlow C. Evaluation of a stroke family care worker: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 1997;314:1071-1077.
9. Forster A, Young J. Specialist nurse support for patients with stroke in the community: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 1996;312:164-1646.
10. Elmsthal S, Malmberg B, Annerstedt L. Caregiver's burden of patients 3 years after stroke assessed by a novel caregiver burden scale. Arch Phys Med Rehahil. 1996;77:177-181.
11. Stein PN, Gordon WA, Hibbard MR, Sliwinski MJ. An examination of depression in the spouses of stroke patients. Rehabil Psychol. 1992;37: 121-130.
12. Wade DT, Legh Smith J, Langton-Hewer R. Effects of living with and looking after survivors of stroke. BMJ. 1986;293:418-420.
13. Dennis M, O'Rourke S, Lewis S, Sharpe M, Warlow C. A quantitative study of the emotional outcome of people caring for stroke survivors. Stroke. 1998;29:1867-1872.
14. Hodgson SP, Wood VA, Langton-Hewer R. Identification of stroke carers "at risk": a preliminary study of the predictors of carers' psychological well-being at one year post-stroke. Clin Rehabil. 1996; 10:337-346.
15. Evans RL, Hendricks RD, Haselkorn JK, Bishop DS, Baldwin D. The family's role in stroke rehabilitation: a review of the literature. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1992;71:135-139.
16. Carnwath TCM, Johnston DAW. Psychiatric morbidity among spouses of patients with stroke. BMJ. 1987;294:409-411.
17. Mahoney FI, Barthel DW. Functional evaluation: the Barthel Index. Md State Med J. 1965;12:61-65.
18. Teasdale B, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. Lancet. 1974;2:81-84.
19. Cote R, Hachinski V, Shurvell B, Morris J, Wolfson. The Canadian Neurological Scale: a preliminary study in acute stroke. Stroke. 1986;17: 731-737.
20. Folstein M, Folstein S, McHugh P. "Mini-Mental State": a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res. 1975;12:189-198.
21. Ware JE, Snow KK, Kosinski M, Gandek B. The SF-36 Survey: Manual and Interpretation Guide. Boston, Mass: The Health Institute; 1993.
22. Hagen S. Outcome Measures for Stroke: An Evaluation of the Literature. Ayr Ayrshire and Arran Health Board and University of Aberdeen; 1994.
23. Robinson BC. Validation of a caregiver strain index. J Gerontol. 1983; 38:344-348.
24. Jenkinson C, Coulter A, Wright L. Short Form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire: normative data for adults of working age. BMJ. 1993;306: 1437-1440.
25. Brazier J, Harper R, Jones N, O'Cathain A, Thomas K, Usherwood T, Westlake L. Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire: new outcome measure for primary care. BMJ. 1992;305:160-164.
26. Norusis MJ. SPSS for Windows: Users' Manuals. Chicago, Ill: SPSS Inc; 1993.
27. Carstairs V, Morris S. Deprivation and Health in Scotland. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen University; 1991.
28. Lyons RA, Fielder H, Littlepage BNC. Measuring health status with the SF-36: the need for regional norms. J Public Health Med. 1995;17: 46-50.
29. Periard ME, Ames BD. Lifestyle changes and coping patterns among caregivers of stroke. Public Health Nurs. 1993;10:252-256