A typology of caregiving spouses of geriatric patients without dementia: caring, worried, desperate

Abstract Background An increasing number of older people in Germany receive care at home from family members, particularly from spouses. Family care has been associated not only with subjective burden but also with negative effects on caregivers’ health. A heterogeneous group, caregivers are confronted with individual situational demands and use different available coping strategies. To date, little is known about the relationship between burden and coping by spousal caregivers, particularly in the context of geriatric patients without dementia. Objectives The aim of this study is to explore the burden and coping strategies of caregiving spouses of geriatric patients without dementia and with a hospitalization within the last year. To help explore this population, a typology is presented that has been based on reported perceptions of home care burden and individual coping strategies. Furthermore, a case study is presented for each type of spousal caregiver. Methods The study used a concurrent mixed method design with a sample of nine spousal caregivers (mean age: 78.9 years). Four women and five men were recruited in an acute hospital setting during the TIGER study. Quantitative data were collected using a self-questionnaire and qualitative data were gathered through nine problem-centered interviews with spousal caregivers. The latter were subsequently analyzed utilizing the structured content analysis method. The data were then summarized to nine individual cases. Finally, the results were clustered using the empirically grounded construction of types and typologies. Each type of spousal caregiver is presented by a case study. Results Three types of caregiving spouses were identified: “The Caring Partner”, “The Worried Manager” and “The Desperate Overburdened”. These types differ primarily in the level of subjective burden and caregiving stress, the coping strategies, the motivation for caregiving, and expressed emotions. Conclusions The development of this new typology of caregiving spouses could help health care professionals better understand caregiving arrangements and thus provide more targeted advice. Trial registration The TIGER study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03513159. Registered on April 17, 2018.

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Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2019/9190431 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Daniela Acquadro Maran ◽

Barbara Loera ◽

Alberto D’Argenio

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Medical Profession ◽

Large City ◽

Local Health ◽

Male Victims ◽

Physical Consequences ◽

And Coping

The aim of this study was to investigate health care professionals’ level of in-depth understanding about the various types and characteristics of stalking. In particular, the study examines knowledge on the characteristics of stalkers and their victims, acted behaviors, and coping strategies used to stop the harassment. The data were collected by means of an ad hoc questionnaire. The sample comprised 210 participants working in local health units in Turin, a large city located in the northern part of Italy. The majority were women (160, 76.2%). The participants were aged 20–64 years, and the mean age was 41.63 years (SD = 11.18). The majority of participants were psychologists (99, 47.1%), 31 (14.8%) were nurses, 31 (14.8%) had an unspecified medical profession, 29 (13.8%) were psychiatrists, and 20 (9.5%) were general practitioners. According to the findings, interventions with male victims of stalking, especially when the stalker is a woman, require attention in particular. Underestimating the stalking experience is a risk, so health care professionals in their interventions must explain to the men the emotive and physical consequences of the victimization. Moreover, in suggesting coping strategies, health care professionals must consider the victim’s fear of reporting the incident not only to law enforcement authorities but also to family and friends. The findings showed that health care professionals need a better understanding of the stalking phenomenon. Education courses are a valuable tool to identify characteristics of the phenomenon, validate existing knowledge, and decrease the level of missing information to develop the skills needed to take appropriate action in cases of stalking.

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Living on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond

Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien ◽

10.1111/j.1541-0064.2013.12055.x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 168-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Carlos Teixeira

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Recent Immigrants ◽

And Coping

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Job stress and coping strategies in health care professionals working with cancer patients

European Journal of Oncology Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.ejon.2003.11.004 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 234-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 76

Author(s):

Vedat Isikhan ◽

Turhan Comez ◽

M. Zafer Danis

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Job Stress ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

And Coping

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Characteristics of Cyberstalking Behavior, Consequences, and Coping Strategies: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample of Italian University Students

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi11050120 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tatiana Begotti ◽

Daniela Acquadro Maran

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Police Officers ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Difference ◽

And Coping ◽

The University ◽

The Impact ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare victims of one type of cyberstalking (OneType) with victims of more than one type of cyberstalking (MoreType) regarding (1) the impact of cyberstalking and (2) attitudes related to telling someone about the experience of cyberstalking and the coping strategies used by victims. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to over 250 students at the University of Torino. Results: About half of the participants experienced at least one incident of cyberstalking. Among them, more than half experienced more than one type of cyberstalking. Victims suffered from depression more than those who had never experienced cyberstalking. No statistically significant difference emerged for anxiety. The coping strategies used by MoreType were more varied than those used by OneType victims of cyberstalking. Moreover, MoreType victims told someone about their victimization more than OneType victims. Conclusion: The work presented suggests implications for health care professionals, police officers, and government. For example, our suggestion is to pay attention to cyberstalking victims and provide flyers in schools, universities, and cafeterias that explain the risk of certain online behaviors and their consequences in physical and emotional spheres.

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The Challenges and Coping Strategies of KM Implementation in HEIs

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management ◽

10.4018/ijabim.20211001.oa4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 45-58

Author(s):

Ayesha Khatun ◽

Sajad Nabi Dar

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Management Practices ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Case Study Method ◽

Competitive Edge ◽

High Level ◽

Descriptive Framework ◽

And Coping

The pace of competition has increased in every sphere of the economy, and to face such high level of competition, organizations look for sustainable competitive edge. Knowledge as a tool of competition has been found to be highly sustainable as compared to physical resources and even technology, so organizations look for managing knowledge with strategic focus. This paper attempts to assess the knowledge management practices of a top Indian B-School, to identify the challenges faced by the B-School in the domain of knowledge management implementation and the coping strategies adopted by the school vis-à-vis the challenges. The study adopts for itself a descriptive framework and bases the enquiry on both primary as well as secondary data. For carrying out the investigation, case study method of research was applied. The findings show that though the B-School under study practices most of the selected parameters of knowledge management, managing knowledge as a strategic tool for developing and maintaining sustainable competitive edge is yet to be recognized.

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Case Study Approach to Ski Lectures’ Coaching Difficulties and Coping Strategies and University Curriculum

Korean Journal of Sport Studies ◽

10.23949/kjpe.2021.3.60.2.17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 227-242

Author(s):

Inwhan Park ◽

Yoonhee Kim

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach ◽

University Curriculum ◽

And Coping

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Contributing Factors, Attribution, and Coping in Academic Boredom: An Exploratory Case Study of Graduate Students in Education

Adult Learning ◽

10.1177/1045159520987304 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104515952098730

Author(s):

Jianling Xie ◽

Jianzhong Xu ◽

Tianlan Wei ◽

Katarzyna Gallo ◽

Mary Everett Giles ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Attributional Style ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Education Experience ◽

And Coping ◽

The Relationship

This exploratory qualitative case study investigates how graduate students in education experience, attribute, and combat academic boredom. Three areas of concern are addressed: (a) the contributing factors to boredom, (b) how attributional style (internal vs. external) relates to coping with boredom, and (c) the differences between combating class-related boredom and learning-related boredom. Results showed that the onset of boredom was mostly influenced by a lack of interest, lack of utility value, and autonomy frustration. This study extended the existing literature by discovering an interaction between students’ attributional style and their coping strategies for boredom during classroom instruction. Specifically, students who argued that the instructor should hold more responsibility for boredom in class tended to take avoidance coping as their primary strategy (e.g., doodling). By comparison, students who opted to approach the problem positively (e.g., taking notes) are prone to attribute internally. Attribution does not appear to have a mediating effect on the relationship between experience of boredom and coping strategies for learning-related boredom. Implications for graduate and adult education and findings in the context of recent theoretical frameworks are discussed.

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