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Published on: December 15, 2023
Profiles of resilience resources among spousal caregivers
Hyojin Choi1, Kristin Litzelman2
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Objectives:
Resilience resources play a significant role in a caregiver's adaptation process. Previous studies have primarily focused on the effects of individual resilience resources. This study aimed to examine diverse patterns of how those multiple resources simultaneously operate in a caregiving situation with the person-centered approach.
Method:
This study utilized data from the Health and Retirement Study. Participants were eligible if they completed the Left-Behind questionnaire at two consecutive timepoints (2014 and 2016; or 2016 and 2018) and provided care for their spouse with limitations in activities of daily living (n = 692).
Results:
Latent profile analysis identified three distinct groups among spousal caregivers: (1) Lack of Resilience Resources (17%), (2) Low Psychological and Cognitive Resources, but Having Moderate Support (21%), and (3) Strong Resilience Resources (62%). Spousal caregivers having functional limitations (Odds = 0.37, p = 0.016) and greater depressive symptoms (Odds = 0.59, p = 0.000), and high ongoing caregiving stress (Odds = 0.37, p = 0.007) were less likely to be in 'Strong Resilience Resources' than 'Lack of Resilience Resources'.
Conclusion:
The findings highlight the importance of taking a holistic view of resilience resources. It provides insights into potentially vulnerable groups and caregivers' adaptation process, thereby contributing to the development of interventions or policies aimed at enhancing the resilience resources of family caregivers.
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