Table 2 Factors influencing caregiver quality of life
From: Caring for family members with chronic physical illness: A critical review of caregiver literature
Predictors | Significant Mediating variables | Quality of life | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Significant | Not found | |||
Patient characteristics | ||||
Performance status | [7], [24], [26], [28], [34] | |||
Age | [7] | [15] | ||
Gender | [15] | |||
Depression | [7], [29] | |||
The kind of illness | [30] | |||
Pain / symptoms (severity of illness) | [29, 32] | |||
Caregiver characteristics | ||||
Age | [7], [24] | [15] | ||
Gender | [7], [15] | [24] | ||
Physical disability | [7] | |||
Income | [29], [32] | |||
Initial quality of life | [29] | |||
Educational level | [22], [28] | |||
Health problem | [26] | |||
Depression | [29] | |||
Anger | [26] | |||
Anxiety | [26] | |||
STRESSOR | ||||
Primary | Objective context | [13] | [14] | |
Caregiving demands | [13], [22] | |||
Patient impairment | [12], [15] | |||
Duration of care | [29], [25] | |||
Intensity of care | [29], [25] | |||
ADL Dependency | [7], [24], [26] | [29] | ||
Stress types | [25] | |||
Caregiver overload | [24] | |||
Recurrence | [15] | |||
Problem behavior | [24] | |||
Secondary | Subjective context | [13] | ||
Caregiving demands | [13] | |||
Role change | [21] | [29] | ||
Responsibility | [21] | |||
Caregiver experiences | [29] | |||
Life style interference | [22] | |||
Stress Appraisal | ||||
Appraisal | [12], [14] | [12], [14], [23], [31] | ||
Perceived control | [13] | |||
Differences in the perception (pt & caregiver) | [33] | |||
Stress Coping Methods | ||||
Coping responses | [12], [13], [25], [14], [15] | [12], [14], [26], [31] | [24], [32] | |
Social support | ||||
Perceived adequacy of social support | [14], [25], [34] | [14], [21], [26], [31] | ||
Social life and social network | [12], [15], | [12], [7] | ||
Family life (Quality of relationship and Marital adjustment) | [7], [29], [32] | |||
Loneliness | [7] | |||
Resources | [26] | |||
Formal support | [24] | |||