Contributors and Moderators of Quality of Life in Caregivers of Alzheimer´s Disease Patients

Aim and objective: This study aimed to identify the variables that contributed Quality of Life (QoL) Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) caregivers, taking into consideration caregiving context, stressors, role strains, resources.Methods: The sample included 102 caregivers AD patients who answered following instruments: Depression, Anxiety Stress Scale-21; Satisfaction with Social Support Scale; Revised Memory Behavioral Problems Checklist; Family Communication Scales; Spiritual Religious Attitudes in Dealing Illness; – Caregiver Version.Results: Caregivers were employed, chose role, received help caring showed better QoL. Also, being younger, less daily hours, for memory behavior problems, lower distress, family satisfaction predicted Finally, spirituality was a moderator between communication QoL but not QoL.Conclusion: Caregiving-context (age, professional status, choosing care, receiving duration care); strains (family dissatisfaction); stressors (caregivers’ distress patients’ behavioral problems); resources (spirituality) had an impact on caregivers’ emphasizing adequacy Process Model. Intervention should also focus given its moderating role.