Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: : Using a predictive model, this study sought to examine, among 291 traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor-caregiver pairs, causal relationships among care receiver functional status, relationship of caregiver with care receiver, caregiver mutuality, caregiver preparedness, care receiver amount of care and caregiver health as they relate to caregiver role strain and rewards of caregiving. The conceptual framework was guided by the symbolic interactionist perspective of role strain theory and related literature regarding caregiving and TBI survivors. Data were collected, in eight provinces in eastern Thailand, via nine questionnaires, and analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis. The final model fit the data well and explained variance in caregiver strain (46%), rewards of caregiving (41%), caregiver health (19%) and amount of care (33%). The model illustrated care receiver function had a direct negative effect on amount of care. Care receiver amount of care had a direct positive effect on caregiver role strain, a negative direct effect on caregiver health and mediated the effect of care receiver function on caregiver role strain and health. The caregiver/care receiver relationship had a positive direct effect on the caregiver’s health, while the caregiver’s health had a positive direct effect on the caregiver’s role strain. The caregiver’s health mediated the
Institution: Mahidol University
Language: English
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1513140366