Predictive model for the preparedness level of the family caregiver.
Belen Gutierrez-Baena, Carmen Romero-Grimaldi
PMID 35388583WHAT IT FOUND
In 172 family caregivers, higher preparedness was linked to greater resilience, longer caregiving experience, female gender, living with the patient, and less burden.
Anxiety showed no link. This identifies who may need support, not an effective intervention.
Key findings
01Resilience was the strongest predictor in the final model and explained 30.5% of the variance in caregiver preparedness.
02Higher preparedness was associated with being female, living with the care-dependent person, and having more than 6 years of caregiving experience.
03Preparedness was not significantly associated with anxiety, but burden was associated with both anxiety and resilience.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The caregivers were a convenience sample from one region in Spain, so the results may not apply to other settings. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show which factor came first or whether any factor caused higher preparedness. Only 172 of 300 potential participants returned surveys, a response rate of 57.3%, and the Discussion notes the male sample was small. Caregivers had to be Spanish nationals, over 18, without cognitive impairment, and not health-care professionals, which limits who the model represents. The model explained 43.4% of preparedness variance, so many factors were not captured.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the regression model as proof that resilience causes preparedness or that training caregivers' resilience will improve care. The study was cross-sectional and tested no intervention, so it only shows associations.