Predictors of quality of life in carers for people with a progressive neurological illness: a longitudinal study O'Connor, Elodie J. and McCabe, Marita P 2011, Predictors of quality of life in carers for people with a progressive neurological illness: a longitudinal study, Quality of life research, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 703-711, doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9804-4. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Predictors of quality of life in carers for people with a progressive neurological illness: a longitudinal study Author(s) O'Connor, Elodie J. McCabe, Marita P Journal name Quality of life research Volume number 20 Issue number 5 Start page 703 End page 711 Total pages 9 Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of publication Dordrecht , Netherlands Publication date 2011-07 ISSN 0962-9343 1573-2649 Keyword(s) Neurological illness Carer Quality of life Psychosocial Economic Family caregiver Summary 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. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s11136-010-9804-4 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036738 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 12:06:02 EST Thu, 01 Sep 2011, 14:16:23 EST Thu, 01 Sep 2011, 14:17:18 EST Thu, 01 Sep 2011, 14:18:18 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 16:54:07 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:46:18 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 15:27:42 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 17:17:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 39 times in TR Web of Science Cited 38 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 288 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 30 Aug 2011, 12:05:51 EST by Jane Moschetti