Epidemiological research has demonstrated that youth are exposed to potentially traumatic events at high rates. Caregivers play an important role in youths' successful recovery following exposures to potentially traumatic events. However, past research has documented poor caregiver-youth agreement regarding youths' exposures to potentially traumatic events, indicating a potential lack of suppor...

INTRODUCTION Few evidence-based interventions exist to support parenting and child mental health during the process of caregiver HIV status disclosure in sub-Saharan Africa. A secondary analysis of a randomized-controlled trial was conducted to examine the role of family-based intervention versus usual social work care (care as usual) in supporting HIV status disclosure within families in Rwand...

Various studies have investigated the factors associated with the overburden of family caregivers of psychiatric patients. This research sought to identify the factors associated with overburden in groups of male and female caregivers, analyzed separately. Fifty people of each sex participated in the study of family caregivers of psychiatric patients who filled out the Family Overburden Intervi...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the day-to-day variation in sleep characteristics and the concordance between nighttime sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their family caregivers. PARTICIPANTS N = 44 community-dwelling older adults with probable or possible AD and their co-residing family caregivers. DESIGN Participants wore an Actillume (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc) for one wee...

Family members who provide care to their loved ones experience changes in their own health. The caregiver health model (CGHM) is a new model that identifies health holistically and identifies four determinant(s) that contribute to the health status of the family caregiver. The purpose is to introduce the CGHM: Hypothesis 1: the determinants of health in the CGHM contribute to the health of the ...

The Effects of a Multidisciplinary Supportive Program on Caregiver Burden among the Family Caregivers Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Field Trial

background: studies suggest that family caregivers of hemodialysis patients experience a high level of burden, which could lead to numerous physical and psychological problems. despite the need for adequate training and support, these caregivers are mostly neglected, and few studies have been performed in this regard. aim: to evaluate the effect of educational programs on the home care of hemod...