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Support Groups for Informal Caregivers Don't Work! Refocus the Groups or the Evaluations?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Jean-Pierre Lavoie
Jean-Pierre Lavoie
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Direction de santé publique de Montréal-Centre*
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Cet article fait un bilan critique des écrits relatifs à l'évaluation de groupes de soutien pour aidants naturels, une intervention de plus en plus répandue dans les organismes publics et communautaires. Après avoir situé le contexte des groupes de soutien, l'article décrit rapidement les types de groupe de soutien évalués, les types de recherches évaluatives, les principaux résultats et limites de ces évaluations. Il ressort que les études se sont principalement intéressées aux groupes de soutien de courte durée, visant à offrir de l'information et du soutien émotif, ainsi qu'à développer de nouvelles habiletés. Les évaluations cherchent principalement à mesurer les effets des groupes sur les conséquences du stress en utilisant des devis de type expérimental et des mesures standardisées. Très peu d'importance est accordée à l'évaluation d'implantation. La majorité des études conclut à l'absence d'effet. Trois pistes de recherche sont proposées soient: l'analyse de différents types de groupes de soutien, la multiplication des approches théoriques et disciplinaires accordant plus d'attention aux dynamiques de groupe et aux dimensions sociales et, enfin, le recours à un éventail plus large de méthodes.

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Support GroupsEvaluationModelsMethodsGroupes de soutienévaluationmodèlesméthodes
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Automne/Fall 1995 , pp. 580 - 603
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1995

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