Journal article
Well-being, appraisal, and coping in African-American and Caucasian dementia caregivers: findings from the REACH study
Aging & mental health, v 8(4), pp 316-329
01 Jul 2004
PMID: 15370048
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Abstract
Although there has been considerable interest in racial differences in family caregiving for persons with dementia, most research to date has either ignored racial diversity or based conclusions on small numbers of caregivers drawn primarily from single site studies. The current study utilized participants from four sites of the REACH (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health) multi-site study to compare well-being, appraisal, and religious coping by race. African-American (n = 295) and Caucasian (n = 425) dementia caregivers from four cities (Birmingham, Memphis, Boston, and Philadelphia) were compared in their demographics, care recipient characteristics, mental and physical health, and psychosocial coping resources including appraisal and religious coping. African-American caregivers reported lower anxiety, better well-being, less use of psychotropic medications, more benign appraisals of stress and perceived benefits of caregiving, and greater religious coping and participation, than Caucasian caregivers. Self-rated health did not differ by race, but African-American caregivers reported more unhealthy behaviors than Caucasian caregivers. Some results were specific to site, possibly due to differences in recruitment strategies, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and regional differences. Adjustment for covariates, including caregiver relationship to the care recipient, gender, age, socioeconomic status, and care recipient behavioral problems, altered few of these differences. Results are discussed in terms of their relevance to psychosocial intervention programs for ethnically diverse caregivers.
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- Title
- Well-being, appraisal, and coping in African-American and Caucasian dementia caregivers: findings from the REACH study
- Creators
- W. E. Haley - School of Aging Studies , University of South FloridaL. N. Gitlin - Thomas Jefferson UniversityS. R. Wisniewski - University of PittsburghD. Feeney Mahoney - Research and Training Institute , Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the AgedD. W. Coon - Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care SystemL. Winter - Thomas Jefferson UniversityM. Corcoran - George Washington UniversityS. Schinfeld - Thomas Jefferson UniversityM. Ory - School of Rural Public Health , Texas A&M University System and formerly Behavioral and Social Science Program, National Institute on Aging
- Publication Details
- Aging & mental health, v 8(4), pp 316-329
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000222784200004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-3242711616
- Other Identifier
- 991020112083704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Gerontology
- Psychiatry