Caregiver Distress and Coronary Artery Disease: Prevalence, Risk, Outcomes, and Management

Purpose of Review Caregivers of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are integral to the health care system and contribute substantially to patients’ management. The purpose of this review is to provide a narrative synthesis of existing research on caregiving for patients who experienced an a...

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Published in:Current cardiology reports Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 2081 - 2096
Main Authors: Bouchard, Karen, Dans, Michael, Higdon, Gloria, Quinlan, Bonnie, Tulloch, Heather
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2022
Subjects:
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Cardiology
Caregivers
Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology
Coronary Artery Disease - therapy
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Prevalence
Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases (IM Kronish
Section Editor
Topical Collection on Psychological Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases
Family
Distress
Burden
Cardiac disease
Caregiver
ISSN:1523-3782, 1534-3170, 1534-3170
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Summary:Purpose of Review Caregivers of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are integral to the health care system and contribute substantially to patients’ management. The purpose of this review is to provide a narrative synthesis of existing research on caregiving for patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome (MI/unstable angina) and/or coronary revascularization (PCI/CABG). Recent Findings Thirty-one articles are included in this review. Overall, caregiver distress is low to moderate, ranging from 6 to 67% of caregivers, and seems to dissipate over time for most caregivers. Interventions have demonstrated success in reducing the distress of caregivers of patients with CAD. Due to the heterogeneity in study samples, measurements used, and timing of assessments and programming, these results are far from definitive. Summary Although evidence is accumulating, further advancement in caregiving science and clinical care is required to adequately understand and respond to the needs of caregivers throughout the patient’s illness trajectory.
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ISSN:1523-3782
1534-3170
1534-3170
DOI:10.1007/s11886-022-01810-5