RT Journal Article
T1 Association between Sense of Coherence Associated with Mental Health in Caregivers of Older Adults.
A1 López-Martínez, Catalina
A1 Serrano-Ortega, Natalia
A1 Moreno-Cámara, Sara
A1 Del-Pino-Casado, Rafael
K1 anxiety
K1 caregivers
K1 depression
K1 older people
K1 quality of life
K1 sense of coherence
K1 subjective burden
AB The purpose of this study was to analyze association between sense of coherence and perceived burden, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in caregivers of older adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a probabilistic sample of 132 caregivers of older relatives from the regions of Jaén, Spain. The measures assessed were sense of coherence (Life Orientation Questionnaire), subjective burden (Caregiver Strain Index of Robinson), anxiety and depression (Goldberg Scale), and quality of life (Health Questionnaire SF-12). The main analyses included bivariate analysis using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis through canonical correlation analysis. Our findings show that the sense of coherence explained 50.8% of the variance shared between subjective burden, anxiety, depression, and quality of life. We highlighted manageability as the variable within the dimensions of the sense of coherence with the greatest participation in the model. The sense of coherence may be an important protective factor for the mental health of the caregiver of dependent elderly relatives.
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15388
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15388
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025