ArticleBehavioural neurology2015
The Relationship between Training and Mental Health among Caregivers of Individuals with Polytrauma.
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- Replicating an effective VA program to train and support family caregivers: a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation design.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
- Family Caregiver Skills Training to Improve Experiences of Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Trial
- Development and Delivery of Enhanced Implementation Support to Disseminate a National Caregiver Skills Training Program.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Efficacy and Implementation Planning Across the Veterans Affairs Polytrauma System of Care: Protocol for the REACH Intervention for Caregivers of Veterans and Service Members With Traumatic Brain Injury.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Caregiver sleep impairment and service member and veteran adjustment following traumatic brain injury is related to caregiver health-related quality of life.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- TBI-CareQOL family disruption: Family disruption in caregivers of persons with TBI.Rehabilitation psychology · 2020Article
- TBI-CareQOL military health care frustration in caregivers of service members/veterans with traumatic brain injury.Rehabilitation psychology · 2020Article
- Caring for a service member or Veteran following traumatic brain injury influences caregiver mental health.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020Article
- Comprehensive Family Caregiver Support and Caregiver Well-Being: Preliminary Evidence From a Pre-post-survey Study With a Non-equivalent Control Group.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
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- The role of medical/nursing skills training in caregiver confidence and burden: A CanCORS study.Cancer · 2017Article
- Targeted areas for improving health literacy after traumatic brain injury.Brain injury · 2017Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This was a hypothesis-generating exploration of relationships between caregiver training during TBI/polytrauma rehabilitation and caregiver mental health. In this cross-sectional study, 507 informal caregivers to US service members with TBI who received inpatient rehabilitation care in a Veterans Affairs' Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center from 2001 to 2009 completed a retrospective, self-report survey. Embedded in the survey were measures of caregiver mental health, including the National Institutes of Health's Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Anxiety and Depression Short Forms, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale, and the Zarit Burden Short Form. Though no groups endorsed clinical levels, mental health symptoms varied by caregiver training category (Trained, Not Trained, and Did Not Need Training). Caregivers who did not receive training on how to navigate healthcare systems endorsed higher depression and burden and lower self-esteem than those who did. Caregivers who did not receive training in supporting their care recipients' emotions endorsed higher anxiety, depression, and burden and lower self-esteem than those who did. Analyses also suggested a different association between training and mental health based on caregivers' relationship to the care recipient and the intensity of care recipient needs. Potential hypotheses for testing in future studies raised by these findings are discussed.
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