Relationship between family caregiver quality of life and the care provided to people living with dementia: protocol for a mixed methods study.
Alzheimer's disease
aging
caregiving
dementia
family caregiver
level of care
quality of care
quality of life
Journal
AIMS public health
ISSN: 2327-8994
Titre abrégé: AIMS Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101635098
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
22
01
2020
accepted:
06
05
2020
entrez:
4
7
2020
pubmed:
4
7
2020
medline:
4
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Family caregivers of people with dementia perform duties that are important for maintaining their loved one's overall well-being. However, it is not yet clear how these caregivers' quality-of-life affects their ability to meet the care demands of their loved ones. The purpose of this study is to utilize a mixed methods approach in investigating how family caregiver quality-of-life affects the care provided to people with dementia. Family caregivers will be recruited from the Rochester, New York area to participate in focus groups or one-on-one interviews. In addition to the qualitative data obtained, caregivers will complete questionnaires regarding their own quality-of-life (e.g., health status, socioeconomic) as well as the care provided to their loved ones with dementia (e.g., how the care provided meets the needs of the care recipient, time spent). A convergent mixed methods approach will be used to analyze the qualitative and quantitative data obtained. Data from the interviews will be transcribed verbatim and then analyzed qualitatively. Quantitative data from the questionnaires will be analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics software. A convergent mixed methods approach will be applied to the datasets to help shed light on the relationship between family caregiver quality-of-life and the care provided to people living with dementia. Understanding of this relationship will make it possible to develop initiatives that better address caregiver needs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32617357
doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020025
pii: publichealth-07-02-025
pmc: PMC7327395
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
301-305Informations de copyright
© 2020 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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