In Thailand. About 80% of stroke survivors live with family and are cared for by women family members. The purposes of this study were to assess CGs'strain, rewards of caregiving, and HRQOL of Thai women CGs of elderly stroke, including examining a model of relationships between those variables and CGs, as well as care-reeceiver characteristics.CGs reported low strain but high rewards of caregiving.Compared to SF-36 U.S. population norms, CGs'mean score on the PCS was similar. MCS mean score was somewhat lower. Strain from direct care correlated negatively with both PCS and MCS. Strain from...
In Thailand. About 80% of stroke survivors live with family and are cared for by women family members. The purposes of this study were to assess CGs's...
