Research Library
The Carer Knowledge Exchange Research Library is a collection of recent Australian publications and other resources that contain reliable research about family and friend carers. It is constantly being added to, and you can suggest research to be included here.
There are two main ways to use the Research Library. The first is to search using the fields below. The second is to browse by category lower down the page.
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8.3.2019
Health of carers of young people with early psychosis
Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Jackie Curtis, Ann Howard, Philip Ward, Julia Lappin
This research demonstrates the importance of a biopsychosocial approach to supporting the carers of mental health service users, to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for both client and carer.
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15.1.2018
Physical and psychological health of carers of young people with first episode psychosis
Philip Ward, Celia Loneragan, Julia Lappin, Jackie Curtis, Abner Weng Cheong Poon
This article investigates the physical and psychological impact on carers of caring for a young person with first episode psychosis.
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3.9.2011
Primary caregivers’ satisfaction with clinicians’ response to them as informal carers of young people with first-episode psychosis
Terence V McCann, Dan I Lubman, Eileen Clark
This article aims to explore carers’ experiences of mental health nurses and other mental health clinicians in regard to how they respond to them as carers of young people with first-episode psychosis.
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2.1.2019
An economic evaluation of a telephone outcall intervention for informal carers of cancer patients in Australia
Scott Richards-Jones, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Leila Heckel, Kate M. Gunn, Marcus Tan, Patricia M. Livingston
This study looks at the economic efficacy of proactive telephone outcall intervention as a method of improving health outcomes for carers of cancer patients.
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24.1.2018
Carers' preferences for the delivery of therapy services for people with disability in rural Australia
Gisselle Gallego, Angela Dew, Anita Bundy, Kim Bulkeley, Jennie Brentnall, Craig Veitch
This study used a survey to better understand the needs and preferences of carers and care recipients regarding the delivery of therapy services.
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6.3.2018
Beyond using composite measures to analyze the effect of unmet supportive care needs on caregivers' anxiety and depression
Sylvie Lambert, Nicholas Hulbert-Williams, Eric Belzile, Antonio Ciampi, Afaf Girgis
This article provides an evidence-based evaluation of unmet carer needs most associated with anxiety and depression and provides a framework to guide the development of caregiver interventions.
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14.9.2020
Family involvement to support cardiovascular self-management care for people with severe mental illness
Sara Zabeen, Delphine Phua, Leila Mohammadi, Sharon Lawn
This research explores what caregiving strategies work and don’t work when family members support cardiovascular self-management in people living with severe mental illness.