Using standardized questionnaires and anthropometric instruments in measuring health and well-being of caregivers of young people with early psychosis /
Prior studies have shown that caregivers of people with psychosis experience poor health and low levels of well-being. However, most caregiving studies have used self-report questionnaires and have not employed objective physical health measurements for the assessment of caregiver health outcomes. T...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2020.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods Cases : Medicine and Health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Prior studies have shown that caregivers of people with psychosis experience poor health and low levels of well-being. However, most caregiving studies have used self-report questionnaires and have not employed objective physical health measurements for the assessment of caregiver health outcomes. To examine the health and well-being of caregivers of people with early psychosis more objectively, this study used standardized questionnaires and anthropometric instruments. We first started recruitment by waiting for young people to turn up for their clinic appointments. The recruitment process was very slow, so we identified in the clinical records eligible young people with early psychosis who had at least one caregiver. We then contacted the eligible young people and their caregivers to participate in the study. We used the Kessler-10 and Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool to assess psychological health and risk for Type 2 diabetes, respectively. We also assessed caregivers' body mass index, waist measurement, and blood pressure using anthropometric instruments. Using both standardized questionnaires and objective measurement of physical health in this innovative study provided valuable insights into this topic. We recommend other researchers use objective physical health instruments and standardized questionnaires to examine caregivers' health and well-being. Gathering data from more than one family caregiver of someone with mental illness, rather than a single caregiver, will provide greater insight into the needs of families, and findings obtained from this recruitment strategy will likely be more applicable to a real-world caregiving arrangement. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529740585 1529740584 |