Caregiving in multiple sclerosis and quality of life: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research

• Published in: Psychology & health Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 693 - 710
• Main Authors: Topcu, Gogem, Buchanan, Heather, Aubeeluck, Aimee, Garip, Gülcan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 02.06.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Caregivers - psychology; Caregivers - statistics & numerical data; Ethnography; Humans; informal carers; meta-ethnography; meta-synthesis; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis - psychology; Multiple Sclerosis - therapy; Qualitative Research; Quality of Life; Systematic review; meta-synthesis; meta-ethnography; quality of life; informal carers; multiple sclerosis

Objective: The lack of adequate conceptualisation and operationalisation of quality of life (QoL) limits the ability to have a consistent body of evidence to improve QoL research and practice in informal caregiving for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Thus, we conducted a meta-synthesis of quali...