Fudge H, Neufeld A, Harrison M J
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Public Health Nurs. 1997 Feb;14(1):20-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1997.tb00406.x.
Social networks and the support that network members provide are important resources for family caregivers in sustaining their caregiving role. Caregivers' perceptions of support from family and friends have been linked to their health status (R. Kahn & T. Antonucci, 1980; I. Sandler & M. Barrera, 1984). The purpose of this study was to explore the social networks and types of perceived support described by women who are caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults. Content analysis was used to examine interview data from a longitudinal qualitative study of 20 women caregivers of cognitively impaired older persons. An important finding of this study was the identification of a typology of social networks of the women caregivers. The caregivers' perceptions of satisfaction with support received and experience of conflict with network members varied according to the characteristics of their social network. Those caregivers who belonged to diverse social networks reported high satisfaction with the support that they received and little or no conflict. Those caregivers with kin-dominated social networks reported little satisfaction with support received and a high degree of conflict.
社交网络以及网络成员提供的支持是家庭照顾者维持其照顾角色的重要资源。照顾者对家人和朋友支持的认知与他们的健康状况相关（R. 卡恩和T. 安东努奇，1980年；I. 桑德勒和M. 巴雷拉，1984年）。本研究的目的是探讨认知障碍老年人照顾者——女性所描述的社交网络及感知到的支持类型。内容分析法被用于检验一项针对20名认知障碍老年人女性照顾者的纵向定性研究中的访谈数据。本研究的一项重要发现是确定了女性照顾者社交网络的一种类型学。照顾者对所获支持的满意度认知以及与网络成员的冲突经历因社交网络的特征而异。那些属于多样化社交网络的照顾者对所获支持表示高度满意，且很少或没有冲突。那些社交网络以亲属为主的照顾者对所获支持的满意度较低，且冲突程度较高。
