Farran Carol J, Loukissa Dimitra, Perraud Suzanne, Paun Olimpia
Rush University College of Nursing, 600 South Paulina Street, AAC 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Res Nurs Health. 2003 Oct;26(5):366-75. doi: 10.1002/nur.10101.
Increasing attention has been given to testing clinical trials with family caregivers of the elderly. More recent intervention studies indicated that caregiver skill-building interventions may be more effective than information/support interventions. Researchers have given considerable attention to the content and support needed by family caregivers, but we know less about how this content and support translates into caregiver skills. This is the first in a series of three articles on a study in which qualitative methods were used to analyze summaries from the group component of a larger caregiver clinical trial. In this article we identify content and skills that dementia family caregivers need in addressing three major care recipient issues and concerns: (a) difficult behaviors and emotional responses, (b) personal and instrumental activities of daily living, and (c) cognitive decline.
越来越多的注意力被投向对老年家庭照顾者进行临床试验测试。最近的干预研究表明，照顾者技能培养干预可能比信息/支持干预更有效。研究人员已相当关注家庭照顾者所需的内容和支持，但我们对这些内容和支持如何转化为照顾者技能却知之甚少。这是关于一项研究的三篇系列文章中的第一篇，该研究采用定性方法分析了一项更大规模照顾者临床试验中小组部分的总结。在本文中，我们确定痴呆症家庭照顾者在应对三个主要受照顾者问题和担忧时所需的内容和技能：（a）困难行为和情绪反应，（b）个人及日常生活工具性活动，以及（c）认知衰退。
