Factors of positive appraisal of care among Japanese family caregivers of older adults.
The purpose of this study was to examine factors of positive appraisal of care among Japanese family caregivers of older adults. The Positive Appraisal of Care (PAC) scale used in this study is a multidimensional Japanese measure and has four domains: relationship satisfaction, consequential gain, role confidence, and normative fulfillment. Three hundred and thirty-seven caregivers participated in this survey. Multiple regression analyses revealed that social support and caregiver belief in caregiving had a consistent impact on all domains of the PAC, whereas the impact of caregiver and care recipient characteristics varied among the domains. For example, caregiver age had a significant impact on role confidence and normative fulfillment but not on relationship satisfaction and consequential gain. The differential impact of caregiver and care recipient characteristics on the domains of the PAC underlines the usefulness of a multidimensional measurement.
Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Noriko
N
Yamamoto-Mitani
Kazuko
K
Ishigaki
Noriko
N
Kawahara-Maekawa
Midori
M
Kuniyoshi
Kunihiko
K
Hayashi
Kiyomi
K
Hasegawa
Chieko
C
Sugishita
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012380:Role; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload