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Contreras, Milena, Mioshi, Eneida and Kishita, Naoko 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-2714
(2021)
Factors predicting quality of life in family carers of people with dementia: the role of psychological inflexibility.
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 22.
pp. 7-12.
ISSN 2212-1447
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Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the impact of carer-related modifiable factors (i.e., knowledge about dementia, psychological inflexibility, self-compassion and hours of support from other family members) on quality of life (QoL) among family carers. A multiple regression analysis was conducted with QoL as a dependent variable. All factors were entered into the model simultaneously as independent variables. Ninety-one family carers with a mean age of 69.5 years old were assessed. Participants were primarily female family members looking after a person with severe Alzheimer's disease. The model's R2 was 24%. The results demonstrated that psychological inflexibility was the only significant independent variable predicting QoL (β = −0.46, p = 0.00, 95% CI: −0.71 to −0.20), and higher psychological inflexibility was associated with worse QoL. These findings suggest that targeting carer's psychological inflexibility through psychological interventions such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy may be particularly important in promoting QoL among family carers of people with dementia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | alzheimer's disease,dementia,family carers,informal caregivers,psychological inflexibility,quality of life,health(social science),ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,applied psychology,organizational behavior and human resource management,behavioral neuroscience,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2021 00:17 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 03:06 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81272 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.08.003 |
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