Resilience is associated with health-related quality of life in caregivers of service members and veterans following traumatic brain injury.
Qual Life Res
; 29(10): 2781-2792, 2020 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To examine factors related to resilience in military caregivers across caregiver health-related quality of life (HRQOL), caregiver sociodemographic variables, and service member/veteran (SMV) injury and health status.METHODS:
Caregivers (N = 346, Female = 96.2%; Spouse = 91.0%; Age M = 40.6 years, SD = 9.3) of SMVs following a mild, moderate, severe, or penetrating TBI were recruited from U.S. military treatment facilities and via community outreach. Caregivers completed select TBI-CareQOL and NIH Toolbox scales, the Caregiver Appraisal Scale, Caregiver Questionnaire, and Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4. Caregivers were divided into three groups using the TBI-QOL Resilience scale (1) Low-Moderate Resilience (n = 125), (2) Moderate Resilience (n = 122), and (3) Moderate-High Resilience (n = 99).RESULTS:
Factors related to low caregiver resilience were strain on employment, financial burden from out-of-pocket expenses, caring for children, less personal time, caring for both verbal and physical irritability, anger, and aggression, and lower SMV functional ability (all p's < .05). The Low-Moderate Resilience group had consistently worse HRQOL scores compared to the Moderate and Moderate-High Resilience groups (ps < .001; d = .50-1.60), with the exception of Caregiving Ideology.CONCLUSION:
Lower resilience among caregivers of SMVs following TBI is associated with poorer caregiver HRQOL. Programs aimed at promoting and maintaining resilience in military caregivers long-term is important for their own health, the health of the SMV, and the health of their children.Palavras-chave
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Qualidade de Vida
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Veteranos
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Cuidadores
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Resiliência Psicológica
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article