The Coping with Caregiving Group Program for Chinese Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease in Hong Kong
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Objective This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of Coping with Caregiving (CWC) psychoeducational program for Chinese family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong.Method Twenty-seven female primary caregivers were randomized to join the treatment group or wait-list control group. The caregivers in the treatment group participated in 13 weekly training sessions which taught specific cognitive-behavioral strategies to handle caregiving stress.Results As compared to the wait-list control group, caregivers completing the CWC program demonstrated a significant increase in their self-efficacy for controlling their upsetting thoughts and handling disruptive behaviors of the care recipients. They also reported a significant increase in the use of both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies.Conclusion These findings suggested that cognitive-behavioral programs can be effective in improving the resourcefulness of Chinese caregivers of persons with dementia in Hong Kong.Practice implications Future CWC programs will have to enhance participants' ability to differentiate among various coping skills and to use situation-appropriate strategies.
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Caregivers participated a cognitive behavioral intervention and reported significantly more both rational problem-solving and emotion-focused coping than did their counterparts.
“caregivers participated a cognitive behavioral intervention and reported significantly more both rational problem-solving and emotion-focused coping than did their counterparts [33].”
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- Authors
- Au, A., Li, S., Lee, K., Leung, P., Pan, P.-C., Thompson, L., & Gallagher-Thompson, D.
- Affiliations
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- United Christian Hospital (CN)
- Stanford University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Au, Alma
- Venue
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-02
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 256-260
- ISSN
- 0738-3991 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066560997
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 37
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- FWCI
- 2.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Patient Education and Counseling (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Keywords
- family caregivers, Alzheimer's disease, dementia caregiving, Chinese caregivers, Hong Kong, psychoeducational intervention, cognitive-behavioral techniques, caregiver stress, self-efficacy, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, caregiver support
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Female, Hong Kong, Humans, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Quality of Life, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Program Development, Caregivers, Self Efficacy, Asian People
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