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Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention.

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Shepherd-Banigan, M; Jones, KA; Sullivan, C; Wang, K; Clark, AG; Van Houtven, C; Olsen, JM
Published in: J Appl Gerontol
August 2022

Critically needed programs designed to support family caregivers have shown inconsistent reductions in stress and burden. To explore drivers of improvement in caregiver outcomes after participation in a support intervention we analyzed data from a one-on-one, tailored problem-solving intervention targeting caregiver wellbeing (2015-2019, n = 503). We explored data patterns across 21 individual, household, and program-level variables using elastic net regression to identify drivers of improvements, and their relative importance. Baseline subjective burden, baseline depressive symptom scores, baseline caregiver problem solving, African American race, and site and coach fixed effects were the most consistent drivers of changes across the explored caregiver outcomes. Caregiver and program characteristics may be promising avenues to target to decrease distress and burden during intervention design. Interventions focusing on highly distressed caregivers may lead to greater improvements. More research is needed to identify how site or interventionists characteristics drive positive intervention effects.

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J Appl Gerontol

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EISSN

1552-4523

Publication Date

August 2022

Volume

41

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1960 / 1970

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Problem Solving
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Caregivers
  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Shepherd-Banigan, M., Jones, K. A., Sullivan, C., Wang, K., Clark, A. G., Van Houtven, C., & Olsen, J. M. (2022). Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention. J Appl Gerontol, 41(8), 1960–1970. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221091564
Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Kelley A. Jones, Caitlin Sullivan, Ke Wang, Amy G. Clark, Courtney Van Houtven, and Jennifer M. Olsen. “Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention.J Appl Gerontol 41, no. 8 (August 2022): 1960–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221091564.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Jones KA, Sullivan C, Wang K, Clark AG, Van Houtven C, et al. Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention. J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Aug;41(8):1960–70.
Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, et al. “Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention.J Appl Gerontol, vol. 41, no. 8, Aug. 2022, pp. 1960–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/07334648221091564.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Jones KA, Sullivan C, Wang K, Clark AG, Van Houtven C, Olsen JM. Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention. J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Aug;41(8):1960–1970.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Appl Gerontol

DOI

EISSN

1552-4523

Publication Date

August 2022

Volume

41

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1960 / 1970

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Problem Solving
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Caregivers
  • 52 Psychology
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences