ArticleHeart & lung : the journal of critical care
"We're all we got is each other": Mixed-methods analysis of patient-caregiver dyads' management of heart failure.
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- Feasibility of a Multi-Component Strengths-Building Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Heart Failure.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Trial
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- Exploring the Influence of Contextual Factors and the Caregiving Process on Caregiver Burden and Quality of Life Outcomes of Heart Failure (HF) Dyads after a Hospital Discharge: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Effects of the family customised online FOCUS programme on patients with heart failure and their informal caregivers: a multicentre, single-blind, randomised clinical trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Person with Heart Failure and Care Partner Dyads: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Future Directions: State-of-the-Art Review.Journal of cardiac failure · 2023Review
- Facilitators and Barriers to Older Adult Participation in Cancer Trials: A Qualitative Study Exploring Patient-Caregiver Dyad Congruence.JCO oncology practice · 2023Article
- Adapting a Telephone-Based, Dyadic Self-management Program to Be Delivered Over the Web: Methodology and Usability Testing.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- The Context of Caregiving in Heart Failure: A Dyadic, Mixed Methods Analysis.The Journal of cardiovascular nursing · 2023Article
- Analysis of action planning, achievement and life purpose statements in an intervention to support caregivers of persons with heart failure.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
- Relationship Status and Quality Are Associated With Perceived Benefits of Caregiving for People With Heart Failure.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingObservational
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals living with heart failure often require informal caregiving assistance for optimal self-care maintenance. The influence of caregiver burden and resilience on dyadic congruence is not well understood.
objectiveTo compare how dyadic congruence is influenced by level of burden and resilience expressed by caregivers of patients with heart failure.
methodsMixed-methods analysis of individuals with heart failure and their caregivers, focusing on measures of caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview) and resilience (Brief Resilience Scale). Data were integrated using the Heart Failure Care Dyadic Typology.
resultsTwelve dyads (n=24 participants) were classified as Type II (n=7) and Type III (n=5) dyads. Among Type II dyads, average caregiver burden was 19.43 (± 13.89) and resilience was 3.16 (± 1.04). For Type III dyads, average caregiver burden was 3.80 (± 4.27) and resilience 4.07 (± 1.36), respectively. Two key themes were derived: 1) caregivers' tendency to take the lead, and 2) the usefulness of cognitive reframing. Data integration elucidated that theme 1 was more common among Type II dyads and those with higher burden, and theme 2 was more prevalent among Type III dyads and those with higher resilience.
conclusionFindings highlight important variances in how dyads collectively manage heart failure. Future inquiry should involve tailored intervention development to bolster informal caregivers' quality of life and ability to better support patients throughout their heart failure trajectory.
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