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- Title
Factors of positive appraisal of care among Japanese family caregivers of older adults(The authors are grateful to the family caregivers and nursing staff who participated in the study. Constructive comments from Dr. MarySue V. Heilemann on an early draft of this article are gratefully acknowledged.)
- Authors
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani; Kazuko Ishigaki; Noriko Kawahara-Maekawa; Midori Kuniyoshi; Kunihiko Hayashi; Kiyomi Hasegawa; Chieko Sugishita
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine factors of positive appraisal of care among Japanese family caregivers of older adults. The Positive Appraisal of Care (PAC) scale used in this study is a multidimensional Japanese measure and has four domains: relationship satisfaction, consequential gain, role confidence, and normative fulfillment. Three hundred and thirty-seven caregivers participated in this survey. Multiple regression analyses revealed that social support and caregiver belief in caregiving had a consistent impact on all domains of the PAC, whereas the impact of caregiver and care recipient characteristics varied among the domains. For example, caregiver age had a significant impact on role confidence and normative fulfillment but not on relationship satisfaction and consequential gain. The differential impact of caregiver and care recipient characteristics on the domains of the PAC underlines the usefulness of a multidimensional measurement. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 26:337350, 2003
- Subjects
JAPAN; CAREGIVERS; ELDER care; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Research in Nursing & Health, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 5, p337
- ISSN
0160-6891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nur.10098