TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a model of quality of life for family caregivers of stroke survivors
AU - White, Carole L.
AU - Lauzon, Sylvie
AU - Yaffe, Mark J.
AU - Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported in part by grants from The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec.
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - The important role of family caregivers in maintaining their disabled and elderly members in the community is becoming increasingly recognized. Caregiver research, for the most part, has explored burden and emotional distress as outcomes of the caregiving experience. Although there is a growing consensus among health-care researchers concerning the importance of quality of life (QoL) as an outcome, there is little research examining QoL of family caregivers. The purpose of this paper, therefore, was to construct a conceptual framework from which to study the QoL of family caregivers of stroke survivors. Findings from a review of studies addressing the QoL of these caregivers guided the development of the model. The components of the model include the caregiving situation, characteristics of the caregiver, and environmental factors, and their proposed relationships with QoL. This model provides a framework for investigating how the caregiving experience impacts on the caregiver's QoL.
AB - The important role of family caregivers in maintaining their disabled and elderly members in the community is becoming increasingly recognized. Caregiver research, for the most part, has explored burden and emotional distress as outcomes of the caregiving experience. Although there is a growing consensus among health-care researchers concerning the importance of quality of life (QoL) as an outcome, there is little research examining QoL of family caregivers. The purpose of this paper, therefore, was to construct a conceptual framework from which to study the QoL of family caregivers of stroke survivors. Findings from a review of studies addressing the QoL of these caregivers guided the development of the model. The components of the model include the caregiving situation, characteristics of the caregiver, and environmental factors, and their proposed relationships with QoL. This model provides a framework for investigating how the caregiving experience impacts on the caregiver's QoL.
KW - Caregivers
KW - Cerebrovascular accident
KW - Quality of life
KW - Theoretical models
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U2 - 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021312.37592.4f
DO - 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021312.37592.4f
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15130026
AN - SCOPUS:1942454292
VL - 13
SP - 625
EP - 638
JO - Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
JF - Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
SN - 0962-9343
IS - 3
ER -