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C L Lindgren

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PubMed1999

Grief in spouse and children caregivers of dementia patients.

Caring for a family member with dementia involves loss and inevitable grief during the illness duration. The purpose of this study was to determine the patterns of grief of caregivers of family members with dementia and the relationship of those patterns to the losses and experiences of the caregivers. Participants were 22 spouse caregivers and 11 adult children caregivers of family members with dementia. Caregivers' experiences were measured using visual analog scales and grief using The Grief Experience Inventory. Caregivers' perceptions of the level of affection before the illness and the satisfaction of the marriage before the illness were inversely related to grief symptoms. Grief symptoms were also related to participants' perceptions of loss of the future. Caregivers' emotional distress includes reaction to the losses they are encountering long before their care recipients die.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1996

Chronic sorrow in persons with Parkinson's and their spouses.

Chronic sorrow is the grief experienced from continual loss during the trajectory of an illness or disability. The presence and nature of chronic sorrow were determined in a sample of six persons with Parkinson's disease and four of their spouse caregivers using the Burke NCRCS Questionnaire. Four of the afflicted individuals and two of the spouse caregivers reported symptoms of chronic sorrow that for half of them were more intense than at the time of diagnosis. Respondents used extensive problem-solving and emotive coping strategies to handle their sorrow. Most of the respondents described themselves within the context of the illness and the care required. Losses triggering their sorrow included loss of future plans, restricted social life, and inability to travel and participate in hobbies. Support from others was restricted mainly to physicians at the time of diagnosis and close family. Supportive nursing interventions for their grief are indicated.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1993

The caregiver career.

The family caregiver role undertaken by spouses of persons with dementia is described as a fatalistic career process with identifiable stages. In the first or Encounter Stage, the caregivers confront the diagnosis and losses of previous lifestyle patterns and acquire home nursing skills. In the middle, or Enduring Stage, caregivers manage extensive care routines and try to cope with social isolation and their mental pain. In the final, or Exit Stage, the career is relinquished to some degree either from death of the ill spouse or institutionalization. The career perspective of caregiving provides a framework for guiding nursing research and practice.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1993

Effects of an educational intervention on students' attitudes toward the disabled.

The purposes of this study were to determine if the attitudes of nursing students toward the disabled would improve following participation in a one-day educational conference on care of the physically disabled and to identify variables influencing these attitudes. Nursing students completed Yuker and Block's Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons scale (ATDP) (1986) prior to and one month following the conference. T test indicated that subjects had significantly higher ATDP scores following the rehabilitation conference (p = < .0001). Subjects with prior work experience with the disabled had significantly higher scores on the ATDP, indicating more positive attitudes toward the disabled.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Chronic sorrow: a lifespan concept.

Losses are an integral part of chronic illness and disability. The term chronic sorrow, has been used to describe the long-term periodic sadness the chronically ill and their caregivers experience in reaction to continual losses. In this conceptual analysis of chronic sorrow, identified critical attributes are: cyclic sadness over time in a situation with no predictable end; external and internal stimuli triggering the feelings of loss, disappointment, and fear; and, progression and intensification of the sadness or sorrow years after the initial disappointment or loss. Model, borderline, related, contrary, and illegitimate cases illustrate what the concept is and what it is not. The meaning of chronic sorrow is compared to the meaning of unresolvable grief and depression. Chronic sorrow in various stages of life is illustrated in descriptions of: the situation and feelings of parents of handicapped children; multiple sclerosis patients in the middle, productive years; and elderly caregivers of spouses with dementia. Implications for research include the need to study the concept in various populations to determine its prevalence and operation. Through research, the meaning of the concept can be further clarified. This is a beginning step toward developing nursing theory that will give direction for providing care to persons encountering sadness over long periods of time.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Problems of nursing home residents: nurse and resident perceptions.

The nurse's consideration of the nursing home resident's perspective of his or her problems conveys respect for the resident as an individual and as a valued source of information concerning his or her own needs. Such consideration facilitates mutual setting of goals for patient achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine the similarities and differences between the nurse's perception of the nursing home resident's problems and the resident's perception of his or her problems. Thirty-one residents and their nurses completed questionnaires to identify perceived needs for assistance with daily activities and to assess the presence and degree of specified common problems. Out of 45 items, significant differences between nurse and resident ratings were found for the following 7 items: assistance needed for bathing and grooming, appetite problems, loss of bladder control, difficulty breathing at rest, decreased sense of smell, and loss of usefulness. Implications for nursing practice and nursing staff education are discussed.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1991

Establishing a long-distance research consortium.

With the increased emphasis on the generation of nursing knowledge through research, collaboration has been identified as an effective way of maximizing both personal and financial resources. There are few articles that specifically describe the process for initiating such a collaborative effort, especially when interested persons are far removed, geographically, from one another. This paper outlines the steps involved in establishing a research consortium and chronicles the development of the Nursing Consortium for Research on Chronic Sorrow. Lancaster's (1985) criteria for effective research collaboration are used to evaluate this developmental process.

Humans↗
PubMed1991

Cardiac smokers: beliefs and values about smoking, and attitudes toward the risk of smoking to health.

Many cardiac patients continue to smoke, although this greatly increases their risk of health complications. This study explored cognitive and social factors which may discriminate between cardiac smokers who will be successful in quitting smoking and those who relapse to smoking following hospitalization for a myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Patients were interviewed prior to discharge from hospital and when they returned to clinic. Few patients were found to have resumed smoking when they returned to clinic. However, patients who had only recently quit smoking were found to be susceptible to relapse to smoking on the basis of their attitudes towards the risk of smoking to their health and the reduced social pressure from significant others not to smoke. Data suggested that nurses did not take full advantage of opportunities to influence cardiac patients about smoking.

Coronary Disease↗
PubMedDate not supplied

An educational program's effects on students' attitudes toward people with disabilities: a 1-year follow-up.

The purpose of the study described here was to examine the attitudes of nursing students toward people with disabilities 1 year after the students had participated in an educational program on caring for such people. The program provided (a) information about this care, (b) simulated experiences related to different aspects of care, and (c) contact with disabled people as well as with rehabilitation health professionals. The study also examined how students' attitudes were influenced by the students' age, the number of years they had spent in the nursing program, their degree of experience in caring for people with disabilities, and their amount of personal interaction with disabled people. The Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons (ATDP) scale was administered to 67 nursing students before they completed the workshop. The participants were tested again 1 year later, thereby providing a matched group for examining attitude changes over time. The participants' attitudes were significantly more positive at the follow-up. At the 1-year follow-up, the ATDP scores of the intervention group were also compared with those of a second group of nursing students (n = 170) who had not participated in the educational program. The findings suggested that completion of the educational program was an important influence on students' development of positive attitudes toward people with disabilities.

Adult↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Chronic sorrow in multiple sclerosis. A case study.

Multiple sclerosis, one of the most common chronic disabilities among young adults, may potentiate the occurrence of chronic sorrow. Chronic sorrow differs from acute grief because it is permanent, periodic, and progressive in nature; it may be a normal component of chronic illness and disability. This study describes one woman's experience with multiple sclerosis, her chronic sorrow about the trajectory of her disability, her progressive loss of bodily function, and the stigma of chronic illness. It also reports some of the feelings experienced by her husband, the primary caregiver.

Caregivers↗