title: The moderating influence of demographic characteristics, social support, and religious coping on the effectiveness of a multicomponent psychosocial caregiver intervention in three racial ethnic groups.
abstract: This article extends the findings from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH II) program, a multisite randomized clinical trial of a multicomponent psychosocial intervention, to improve the well-being of informal caregivers (CGs) of persons with dementia. We used residual change scores and stepwise hierarchical regression analyses to explore separately in 3 racial ethnic groups (Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, and White or Caucasian) how the effects of the intervention were moderated by CG characteristics (sex, age, education, and relationship), CG resources (social support), and religious coping. The results indicated that CG's age and religious coping moderated the effects of the intervention for Hispanics and Blacks. The older Hispanic and Black CGs who received the intervention reported a decrease in CG burden from baseline to follow-up. Black CGs with less religious coping who received the intervention also reported a decrease in depressive symptoms from baseline to follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Center on Aging, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1695 N.W. 9th Avenue, Suite 3208, Miami, FL 33136, USA. clee@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Chin C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Czaja
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017028:Caregivers; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003710:Demography; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011584:Psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American