Robinson Carole A, Bottorff Joan L, Pesut Barbara, Oliffe John L, Tomlinson Jamie
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Am J Mens Health. 2014 Sep;8(5):409-26. doi: 10.1177/1557988313519671. Epub 2014 Jan 9.
The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the empirical evidence published since 2007 on men as family caregivers of persons with dementia. Searches were conducted on Academic Search Complete, Ageline, CINAHL, Embase, Medline, PsychINFO, Social Work Abstracts, and Web of Science using database-specific controlled (i.e., MeSH terms) vocabulary related to dementia, men, and caregiving. Studies published in English between 2007 and 2012 that provided evidence of the experiences of male family caregivers of persons with dementia were included in the review. A total of 30 articles were selected for inclusion. Studies were grouped into three major themes for review: men's experiences of caregiving, relational factors, and outcomes of caregiving. The reviewed studies build on and support previous findings related to stress, burden, accessing services, and the importance of relational factors to men's caregiving experiences. However, there is a need for a framework that explains these findings in relation to masculinities. Such a framework would provide the necessary unifying context for a more powerful explanatory account. Furthermore, there appears to be the potential for great benefit in fully linking men's caregiver research to men's health issues as a means to articulate strategies to sustain the health and well-being of men caregivers. This seems especially relevant in light of the closing gender gap in life expectancy, which will ultimately see many men providing direct care to their partners.
本综述性研究的目的是审视自2007年以来发表的关于男性作为痴呆症患者家庭照料者的实证证据。我们在《学术搜索完整版》《老龄线》《护理学与健康照护数据库》《Embase数据库》《医学期刊数据库》《心理学文摘数据库》《社会工作摘要数据库》和《科学引文索引》中进行检索，使用了与痴呆症、男性和照料相关的特定数据库控制词汇（即医学主题词）。本综述纳入了2007年至2012年间发表的、提供了男性痴呆症患者家庭照料者经历证据的英文研究。总共筛选出30篇文章纳入综述。研究被分为三个主要主题进行综述：男性的照料经历、关系因素和照料结果。这些经过综述的研究在以往关于压力、负担、获得服务以及关系因素对男性照料经历的重要性的研究基础上进行，并提供了支持。然而，需要一个框架来解释这些与男性气质相关的研究结果。这样一个框架将为更有力的解释性阐述提供必要的统一背景。此外，将男性照料者研究与男性健康问题充分联系起来，以此阐明维持男性照料者健康和福祉的策略，似乎有很大益处。鉴于预期寿命方面的性别差距正在缩小，最终会有许多男性直接照料他们的伴侣，这一点显得尤为重要。
