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Spiritual Support Among African American and Caucasian ADRD Caregivers: A Risk and Resilience Study

Research shows African Americans at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) compared to Caucasians, suggesting African American ADRD caregivers are rising in numbers at a greater rate than Caucasian counterparts. A recent study indicated spiritual wellbeing differ...

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Autores principales: Wilks, Scott, Spurlock, Wanda, Brown, Sandra, Geiger, Jennifer, Choate, Sarah, Kirsch, Katherine, Thompson, Alisha, Slaton, Cassie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8679470/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.031
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author Wilks, Scott
Spurlock, Wanda
Brown, Sandra
Geiger, Jennifer
Choate, Sarah
Kirsch, Katherine
Thompson, Alisha
Slaton, Cassie
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description Research shows African Americans at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) compared to Caucasians, suggesting African American ADRD caregivers are rising in numbers at a greater rate than Caucasian counterparts. A recent study indicated spiritual wellbeing differences among these caregiver groups. Using a quasi-follow-up of members of a larger caregiver sample, the purpose of this study was to test spiritual support as a moderator via a risk-and-resilience framework. Secondary data analysis from a sample of 691 ADRD caregivers examined data on demographics and standardized measures of spiritual support, caregiver burden, and psychological resilience. One-third of the sample reported as African American. Resilience negatively regressed, though not significantly, on caregiving burden among both groups. Spiritual support positively, significantly impacted resilience among both groups, slightly stronger among African Americans. Spiritual support did not significantly moderate risk with either group. Implications for professional healthcare practice are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-86794702021-12-17 Spiritual Support Among African American and Caucasian ADRD Caregivers: A Risk and Resilience Study Wilks, Scott Spurlock, Wanda Brown, Sandra Geiger, Jennifer Choate, Sarah Kirsch, Katherine Thompson, Alisha Slaton, Cassie Innov Aging Abstracts Research shows African Americans at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) compared to Caucasians, suggesting African American ADRD caregivers are rising in numbers at a greater rate than Caucasian counterparts. A recent study indicated spiritual wellbeing differences among these caregiver groups. Using a quasi-follow-up of members of a larger caregiver sample, the purpose of this study was to test spiritual support as a moderator via a risk-and-resilience framework. Secondary data analysis from a sample of 691 ADRD caregivers examined data on demographics and standardized measures of spiritual support, caregiver burden, and psychological resilience. One-third of the sample reported as African American. Resilience negatively regressed, though not significantly, on caregiving burden among both groups. Spiritual support positively, significantly impacted resilience among both groups, slightly stronger among African Americans. Spiritual support did not significantly moderate risk with either group. Implications for professional healthcare practice are discussed. Oxford University Press 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8679470/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.031 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spiritual Support Among African American and Caucasian ADRD Caregivers: A Risk and Resilience Study
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title_short Spiritual Support Among African American and Caucasian ADRD Caregivers: A Risk and Resilience Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8679470/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.031
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