Llanque Sarah M, Enriquez Maithe, Cheng An-Lin, Doty Leilani, Brotto Marco A, Kelly Patricia J, Niedens Michelle, Caserta Michael S, Savage Lynette M
College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2015 Sep;30(6):573-83. doi: 10.1177/1533317514568003. Epub 2015 Jan 20.
This study describes an evaluation of a community-based psychoeducational intervention, called The Family Series Workshop, for caregivers of community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD). In a one-group pretest-posttest design, participants (n = 35) attended six weekly sessions. Caregiver stress, coping, and caregiving competence were evaluated along with demographic characteristics of participants. There was a significant improvement found for caregiving competence, and a marginally significant increase in coping with humor. Using regression analysis we also found that coping with humor, along with stress, were significant predictors of caregiving competence. These findings indicate that it is possible to increase caregiving competence utilizing a "grassroots" approach and that it is feasible to hold educational, group discussions on a plethora of challenging caregiving topics.
本研究描述了一项针对社区中患有阿尔茨海默病或相关痴呆症（ADRD）患者的照料者开展的基于社区的心理教育干预措施——“家庭系列工作坊”的评估。在单组前后测设计中，参与者（n = 35）参加了为期六周的课程。对照料者的压力、应对方式和照料能力以及参与者的人口统计学特征进行了评估。结果发现照料能力有显著改善，用幽默方式应对的能力有微弱的显著提高。通过回归分析我们还发现，用幽默方式应对以及压力是照料能力的显著预测因素。这些发现表明，利用“基层”方法提高照料能力是可能的，并且就大量具有挑战性的照料主题开展教育性的小组讨论是可行的。
