Social support, self-efficacy, and distress on health-related quality of life in Chinese dementia caregivers: A serial multiple mediation analysis
Social support was positively associated with HRQoL, both directly and indirectly, through the serial mediating role of self-efficacy and caregiver distress among family caregivers of PwD. Our findings highlight the importance of providing psychosocial interventions to improve HRQoLfor dementia caregivers.
Authors
- Shahid Ullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0010-2640)
- Jinjie He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9837-8738)
- Henry Brodaty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9487-6617)
- Hui‐Chen Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-0585)
- Yunrui Zhou
- Mingxia Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-2460)
- Bel Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7281-8480)
- Chia‐Chi Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-0238)
- Lily Dongxia Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-2443)
- Bianca Brijnath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-6859)
- Mengmeng Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5527-5552)
- Huali Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3213-6493)
- Julie Ratcliffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-1988)
- Xiajun Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7933-0976)
- Timothy Kwok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-3549)
- Yao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-9599)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4979-1902)
- Jhih-Yang Hong
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Peking University (CN)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Hong Kong Jockey Club (HK)
- Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (CN)
- Xi'an University of Technology (CN)
- Peking University Sixth Hospital (CN)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Psychogeriatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100158
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.41
Funders
- China Medical Board