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. 2019 May;34(3):199-207.
doi: 10.1177/1533317519826217. Epub 2019 Jan 30.

Caregiver Burden and Desire for Institutional Placement-The Roles of Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Religious Coping

Noelle L Fields  1 , Ling Xu  1 , Vivian J Miller  1
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Caregiver Burden and Desire for Institutional Placement-The Roles of Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Religious Coping

Noelle L Fields et al. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019 May.

Abstract

Based on stress coping theory, this study investigated whether and how positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) and religiosity buffered the association between caregiving burden and desire to institutionalize (DTI). Secondary data (N = 637) were drawn from the baseline assessment of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II project. Descriptive analysis, bivariate correlation, and multiple linear regressions were conducted. The results indicated that higher levels of caregiver burden, daily care bother, and Revised Memory and Behavioral Problem Checklist bother were all significantly associated with higher level of DTI. Both PAC and religious coping were negatively associated with DTI; however, only PAC was significant. Only the interaction between daily care bother and religious coping was significant, which indicated that the harmful effect of daily care bother on DTI was significantly buffered among those who have religiosity. Study findings have important implications for policy makers and for providers who serve dementia family caregivers.

Keywords: caregiving burden; desire to institutionalize; positive aspects of caregiving; religiosity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Conceptual model.
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Desire of institution placement based on religiosity and daily care bother.
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