Spiritual/religious coping and depressive symptoms in informal caregivers of hospitalized older adults

This aim of this study was assess whether positive and negative spiritual/religious coping (SRC) strategies are associated with depressive symptoms (DS) of informal caregiver (IC) of hospitalized older adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 98 IC of hospitalized older adults in the medical clinic of a Brazilian School Hospital. The functionality, Positive and Negative SRC strategies and DS were evaluated. The IC had high average use of SRC, with Positive SRC being more used than Negative SRC.

Source: Geriatric Nursing - June 30, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Luciano Magalh ães Vitorino, Laryssa Souza Marins, Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti, Ana Eliza Oliveira Santos, Jonas Prepossi Cruz, Paulo José Oliveira Cortez, Giancarlo Lucchetti Source Type: research