A quasi-experimental study of the effects of an integrated care intervention for the frail elderly on informal caregivers' satisfaction with care and support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study explored the effects of an integrated care model for the frail elderly on informal caregivers' satisfaction with care and support services.

Methods

A 62-item instrument was developed and deployed in an evaluative before/after study using a quasi-experimental design and enrolling a control group. The definitive study population (n=63) consisted mainly of female informal caregivers who did not live with the care recipient. Analysis of separate items involved group comparisons, using paired and unpaired tests, and regression analyses, with baseline measurements, control variables (sex, age and living together with care recipient) and the intervention as independent variables. Subsequently, the underlying factor structure of the theoretical dimensions was i

SUBMITTER: Janse B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3986650 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature