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ArticleRehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses2016

Spousal Caregivers of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Patients: Differences between Caregivers with Low vs. High Caregiving Demands.

Esther O Park, Bernice C Yates, Jane Meza, Karl Kosloski, Carol Pullen

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Article in Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Esther O ParkNursing Department, Daegu University, Daegu, Korea. epark@daegu.ac.kr.
Bernice C YatesCollege of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Jane MezaCollege of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Karl KosloskiPublic Affairs and Community Service, Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA.
Carol PullenCollege of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Nebraska Medical Center · USDaegu University · KRUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Healthy Heart Center: Linking Rural Populations by TechnologyP20NR011404 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PULLEN, CAROL H · 2009 to 2013
$1.4M
Reducing Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Partners Together in Health (PaTH) InterR15NR010923 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI YATES, BERNICE · 2009 to 2009
$226k
NINR NIH HHS P20 NR011404NINR NIH HHS R15 NR010923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCompared to non-caregivers, caregivers have higher rates of depressive symptoms, caregiver strain, less mutuality, and health care visits. However, few investigators have examined family caregivers after coronary artery bypass (CAB) surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in caregiving difficulties, mutuality (i.e., open communication; avoiding sad thoughts), and depressive symptoms based on low vs. high caregiving demands among spousal caregivers.

designA descriptive, comparative design was used to examine 33 spousal caregivers of CAB surgery patients (16 in low and 17 in high caregiving demand groups).

methodsMeasures included: Caregiving Burden Scale, Mutuality and Interpersonal Sensitivity Scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Groups were compared using Mann-Whitney U statistics.

findingsIt was found that caregivers with high caregiving demands reported more caregiving difficulties and more open communication about the surgery compared to caregivers with low demands.

conclusionCaregivers with greater caregiving demands may need additional support to assist them with the caregiving situation. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Priority should be given to family caregivers, who take care of patients in cardiac rehabilitation, with higher caregiving demand.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedCaregiversCoronary Artery BypassDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRehabilitation NursingStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkloadCaregiving demandcaregiving difficultycoronary artery bypass surgerydepressive symptomsmutuality

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PMCPMC4860178
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