Elodie J O'Connor1, Marita P McCabe. 1. School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of the present research was to determine the predictors of quality of life (QOL) among carers for people living with a chronic degenerative neurological illness, with comparisons of the differences in significant predictors of QOL between illness groups. METHODS: Psychosocial and economic variables were examined among 192 carers for people living at home with motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's, over a twelve-month period, to determine their contribution to the prediction of carer QOL. RESULTS: Mood was the only consistent predictor of carer QOL across groups; however, marital relationship satisfaction, social support satisfaction, income, and economic pressure significantly predicted carer QOL for at least one of the illness groups, in addition to mood. CONCLUSIONS: The findings highlight the importance of recognising the varying roles that psychosocial and economic variables play on the prediction of carer QOL within each of these illness groups.
PURPOSE: The aim of the present research was to determine the predictors of quality of life (QOL) among carers for people living with a chronic degenerative neurological illness, with comparisons of the differences in significant predictors of QOL between illness groups. METHODS:Psychosocial and economic variables were examined among 192 carers for people living at home with motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's, over a twelve-month period, to determine their contribution to the prediction of carer QOL. RESULTS: Mood was the only consistent predictor of carer QOL across groups; however, marital relationship satisfaction, social support satisfaction, income, and economic pressure significantly predicted carer QOL for at least one of the illness groups, in addition to mood. CONCLUSIONS: The findings highlight the importance of recognising the varying roles that psychosocial and economic variables play on the prediction of carer QOL within each of these illness groups.
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