Coping strategies and quality of life in caregivers of dependent elderly relatives.
Margarita Rodríguez-PérezAna Abreu-SánchezMaría Jesús Rojas-OcañaRafael Del-Pino-CasadoPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2017)
1) it is important to consider coping strategies in the assessment of primary caregivers of dependent elderly relatives; 2) the quality of life of caregivers is related to their coping strategies, 3) their quality of life can be worsened by avoidance-type coping, and 4) their quality of life can be improved by active emotion-focused coping and socially-supported coping.