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Korean primary caregivers’ perceptions about secondary caregivers of demented elderly: Are secondary caregivers source of support or stress?
Author(s) -
Woo KugHee,
Rhee KaOak,
Choi SungJae
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2004.00166.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nonprobability sampling , perception , qualitative research , family caregivers , primary caregiver , gerontology , nursing , psychology , developmental psychology , population , social science , environmental health , neuroscience , sociology
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between primary caregivers and secondary caregivers of demented elderly. To achieve this purpose, two research questions were raised. What are perceptions of caregivers with regard to secondary caregivers’ help? And what are subjective factors that affect primary caregivers’ perceptions about secondary caregivers’ help? Most existing studies have shown that secondary caregivers’ help plays an essential role in alleviating caregivers’ burden. However, recently some research showed secondary caregivers’ help as source of stress. 1–6 However, existing studies showed little about how primary caregivers perceived secondary caregivers’ help. In‐depth interviews of a qualitative research method were used for this study. Using purposive sampling in consideration of caregivers’ relationship with the demented elderly, 10 primary caregivers were selected: two wives, two husbands, two daughters, and four daughters‐in‐law of patients. Qualitative data were collected from relatively unstructured in‐depth interviews with 10 primary caregivers. An average of 2 hours was taken for each interview. Ten interviews were tape‐recorded, and later fully transcribed. This qualitative data were analyzed according to constant comparative method described by Glaser and Strauss.