
Rafael Del-Pino-CasadoUniversity of Jaén | UJAEN · Department of Nursing
Rafael Del-Pino-Casado
RN, B.Soc.Anth, PhD
Professor of Community Nursing and quantitative research methods
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Introduction
Rafael Del-Pino-Casado currently works at the Department of Nursing, University of Jaén. Rafael does research in Nursing and Public Health. His current projects are:
1) Caring for a dependent relative: relationships of mental health with motives for caregiving and personal resources (social support, coping and sense of coherence).
2) Lifestyles in young people: assessment and determinants.
3) Family relationships and metabolic control in diabetes mellitus.
Additional affiliations
October 2003 - November 2020
Education
October 2006 - February 2010
September 2003 - September 2006
September 1984 - June 1987
Publications
Publications (129)
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is one of the diseases with the greatest social and health impact. Self-care in people with diabetes requires constant physical and emotional effort, which is one of the barriers to adherence to the care plan. Sense of coherence can play an important role in self-care.
Aims: To examine the relationship between sense...
Background and Objectives: Although a substantial amount of research has focused on negative aspects of caregiving, less research has been conducted investigating positive aspects of providing informal care. The aim of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between caregiving satisfaction and psychological distress in informal c...
Background
Youth is a critical stage for developing healthy lifestyles, as the habits and behaviors formed during this period can persist into adulthood. Understanding the relationship between family factors and the lifestyles of university students can contribute to creating strategies to improve this important health determinant. This research ai...
Background: The care of dependent people is eminently family-oriented, and often, there is a high level of dedication to this family care. Constant and continuous care leads to a series of negative psychological consequences. Social support has been related to improved mental health in family caregivers. We found heterogeneous results regarding the...
Introduction: The care of dependent people is eminently family-oriented, and often, there is a high level of dedication to this family care. Constant and continuous care leads to a series of negative psychological consequences. Social support has been related to improved mental health in family caregivers. We found heterogeneous results regarding t...
Background: The use of complementary therapies in the general population is increasing, so it is necessary to understand the training that health professionals receive in this type of therapy in their training plans, as they are often the primary source of information for patients. Our aim was to investigate Spanish universities that offer subjects...
Introduction:
Global aging presents socioeconomic and health challenges. Dementia, a growing concern, affects millions of older adults, intensifying the burden on family caregivers. E-health interventions offer hope through technological solutions, although current research is limited. This study evaluated the effectiveness of internet-based or mo...
Background: The use of complementary therapies in the population is increasing, so it is necessary to understand the training that health professionals receive in this type of therapy in their training plans, as they are often the primary source of information for patients. Our objective was to investigate Spanish universities that offer subjects o...
Subjective caregiver burden is highly prevalent in family caregivers. Despite several studies investigating the relationship between subjective caregiver burden and coping strategies, results remain inconsistent. The aim of our study was to systematically review current literature on the relationship between subjective care-giver burden and coping...
Background: Older adults are vulnerable to malnutrition due to physical, psychological, and social factors. Malnutrition, a prevalent and modifiable issue in this population, is associated with an elevated risk of adverse clinical outcomes. The purpose of the study is to assess the nutritional status of older adult individuals admitted to a general...
INTRODUCTION: Coping responses influence anxiety symptoms experienced by informal carers. However, only a few studies have investigated the longitudinal association between coping responses and anxiety symptoms in family carers. We also currently have limited knowledge on the mediating or moderating influence of subjective caregiver burden on this...
Background
Anxiety has been identified as both a risk factor and prodromal symptom for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias, however, the underlying neurobiological correlates remain unknown. The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to examine the association between anxiety symptoms and two defining markers of AD neuropath...
Citation: Gutiérrez-Sánchez, B.; Orgeta, V.; López-Martínez, C.; del-Pino-Casado, R. Association between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Informal Caregivers of Adult and Older Dependents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 6468. https://doi.org/10.3390/ Abstract: Social support is an important determinant of a...
Anxiety symptoms are prevalent in family carers of dependent people. Despite accumulating evidence in the area, there are still inconsistent findings on the association between carer anxiety symptoms and coping strategies. The aim of our study was to systematically analyse the relationship between anxiety symptoms and coping strategies in carers of...
Objective:
Anxiety has been identified as both a risk factor and prodromal symptom for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias, however, the underlying neurobiological correlates remain unknown. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the association between anxiety symptoms and two defining markers of AD neuropat...
Background:
Providing care can be challenging for informal carers and increases the risk of mental health problems, such as experiencing clinical symptoms of anxiety. While strengthening social support for informal carers is a common recommendation to reduce this risk, no systematic review or meta-analysis to date has examined the relationship bet...
Being a family carer is associated with increased risk of experiencing depressive symptoms. Despite many decades of research investigating the association between coping strategies and depressive symptoms in carers results across studies remain contradictory. The objective of this study was to systematically review evidence on the association betwe...
Background
Anger is commonly experienced by family caregivers of people living with dementia yet its effect on caregivers’ physical health remains unknown.
Objective
The primary aim of this study was to systematically review current evidence on the effects of anger and hostility on caregivers’ physical health.
Methods
We searched Medline, EMBASE,...
Purpose:
The aim of this review was to systematically collect the published evidence to assess the effect of recreational physical activity (PA) in reducing breast cancer (BC) recurrence in female survivors.
Methods:
A bibliographic search was carried out in PubMed Medline, CINAHL Complete, Scopus and Lilacs until June 2021. We selected observat...
Background:
Experiencing anxiety and depression is very common in people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). There is uncertainty about the best treatment approach. Drug treatments may be ineffective and associated with adverse effects. Guidelines recommend psychological treatments. In this updated systematic review, we inves...
Background
The sense of coherence is developed through the learning process and contributes to the positioning of individuals in the health-disease continuum, facilitating successful and adaptive personal outcomes. Health-related behaviours represent a health determinant of utmost importance for public health and the development of adolescent and y...
Background
The increase in the number of people with Alzheimer's disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) will results in an increased need for nurses with up-to-date knowledge of ADRD and who are well-educated in ADRD care. Therefore, it is important to be sure that this topic is covered in the undergraduate nursing curriculum.
Purpose
To assess unde...
El objetivo de esta investigación es la adaptación y validación del Cuestionario Estilo de Vida Personal en población joven española de forma diferenciada en chicas y chicos. El estudio de validación se realizó en 827 estudiantes matriculados en la Universidad de Jaén, España. Se analizó la fiabilidad del Cuestionario de Estilo de Vida Personal par...
Background and objectives
Although a large body of research has examined the relationship between social support and psychological health of family carers of frail older people, the exact nature and direction of this relationship is not well understood with most research to date being cross-sectional. This longitudinal study explored the relationsh...
Background:
The objective of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) for women during the postpartum period. Methods: This is a validation study of a measurement instrument. This study includes 212 women over the age of 19 who gave birth from March to September 2019 in Maternal and Child Hospital...
There is increasing evidence that subjective caregiver burden is an important determinant of clinically significant anxiety in family carers. This meta-analysis aims to synthesise this evidence and investigate the relationship between subjective caregiver burden and anxiety symptoms in informal caregivers. We searched PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO up...
Background: Sense of coherence (SOC) is an important protective factor for carer well-being but research to date remains cross-sectional, focusing primarily on the direct effects of SOC on carers’ mental health. The study’s aim was to investigate the mediating role of SOC in the longitudinal relationship between caregiver strain and carers’ psychol...
RESUMEN Objetivos: Identificar las características de las personas cuidadoras familiares de mayores dependientes en un hospital de media-larga estancia, conocer la intensidad del cuidado, describir la labor cuidadora que realizan dichas personas en el hospital e identificar su nivel de sobrecarga y ansiedad. Método: Estudio descriptivo transversal...
Introduction: This study investigated the relationship between personal and family resources (i.e., social support, family functioning, self-efficacy in care, sense of coherence and perceived burden of care) and depressive and anxiety symptoms in women during the puerperium, adjusting for stressors. Methods: This is a quantitative research design,...
Patients diagnosed with traumatic or non-traumatic spinal pain and idiopathic scoliosis frequently suffer from imbalance. The evaluation of the perception of verticality by means of visual tests emerges as a quick and easy tool for clinical management of the balance disorders. Several studies have assessed the visual perception of verticality in sp...
Objetivos:
Identificar las características de las personas cuidadoras familiares de mayores dependientes en un hospital de media-larga estancia, conocer la intensidad del cuidado, describir la labor cuidadora que realizan dichas personas en el hospital e identificar su nivel de sobrecarga y ansiedad.
Método:
Estudio descriptivo transversal en el H...
People with Alzheimer’s disease often live in nursing homes. Updated knowledge among the nursing staff has led to better quality of care. The aim of this study was to measure the knowledge about the care of people with Alzheimer’s disease of the nursing staff of nursing homes in Spain. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 24 nursing homes in th...
The Roma community (RC) has poor health indicators, and providing them with adequate healthcare requires understanding their culture and cultural differences. Our objective was to understand the concept of the health and sickness of the RC in Spain, and for this, a qualitative study was conducted. A content analysis utilizing an inductive approach...
Objectives:
of the present cross sectional study were to analyze the offer of subjects with communication skills in the nursing degree in Spain and to describe the distribution of these subjects. Documentary, systematic and independent search of web pages from Spanish universities was carried out to collect the following variables: subjects with c...
This cross-sectional study aims to determine the level of subjective burden and anxiety of caregivers of dependent older relatives that start providing care in the hospital and to analyse the relationship between objective burden, subjective burden and anxiety in these caregivers. Seventy-two caregivers of dependent older relatives were recruited i...
The aim of this study was to design and validate an instrument, based on the WHO 5As+5Rs model, to test the acquisition by nursing students of a brief tobacco intervention (BTI) learning. A validation design of an instrument following the criterion referenced tests model using videos of simulated BTIs in the primary care setting was carried out. Th...
The purpose of this study was to analyze association between sense of coherence and perceived burden, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in caregivers of older adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a probabilistic sample of 132 caregivers of older relatives from the regions of Jaén, Spain. The measures assessed were sense of co...
Background:
The interpretation of the verticality of the environment is crucial for a proper body balance. The subjective visual vertical test (SVV) is a widely used method to determine the visual perception of the verticality, whose alteration has been related with poor functional status.
Objective:
To analyze the visual perception of the verti...
Background
Family carers are an important source of care for older people. Although several studies have reported that subjective caregiver burden is related to depressive symptoms there are no systematic reviews quantifying this association.
Objective
To establish the extent to which subjective caregiver burden is associated with depressive sympt...
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between coping and anxiety in caregivers of dependent older adult relatives. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain). The convenience sample consisted of 198 family caregivers of dependent older adults. The main measurements were anxiety (Hamilton scale...
The purpose of this study was to identify, classify and analyze the perceived needs of caregivers of elderly people with dementia during the care process. A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study using seven focus groups was conducted in different primary health care centers in the province of Jaén (Spain) between July 2012 and February 201...
Background
Care for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias should be based on up-to-date clinical practice guidelines. The education and training of nurses and other healthcare staff in dementia is a key factor in providing quality care. Knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease can be measured through questionnaires. The aim of this study was t...
Resumen
Objetivo
Identificar y analizar los motivos que llevan a las personas a asumir el cuidado de un familiar mayor dependiente y sus percepciones de la situación de cuidado.
Diseño
Estudio cualitativo fenomenológico.
Emplazamiento
El estudio se ha realizado en el Distrito Sanitario Jaén-Norte, durante 2013 y 2014.
Participantes
Participaron...
Background:
The family often takes care of an elderly person who suddenly becomes dependent. This greatly affects different aspects of the caregivers' lives. The aim of this study is to explore the initial experiences, during the first year of care, of persons who suddenly become caregivers for elderly dependent relatives.
Methods:
A search in C...
The purpose of this study was to analyse the multidimensional nature of obligation and the relations between each dimension of obligation and both anxiety and depression. A secondary analysis of data from two cross-sectional studies of primary home caregivers (N = 400; probabilistic sample) of older adult relatives in Spain was conducted. Data rega...
Health means individual and collective well-being determined by factors that transcend the health services. If the health services want to address the collective dimension of health, a change of approach is required. Community health is theoretically included in legislation, training, coordination and planning with strategic frameworks that involve...
Objective:
To analyze the factor structure of the OLQ-13 scale and to study the direct relationship between sense of coherence and lifestyles in university students of nursing.
Method:
Cross-sectional study.
Location:
University of Jaén. Andalusia, Spain.
Participants:
384 students from the first three years of the nursing degree in the Univ...
Background:
Informal caregiving is associated with a number of negative effects on carers' physical and psychological well-being. The salutogenic theory argues that sense of coherence (SOC) is an important factor in psychological adjustment to stress. The main aim of this study was to systematically review current evidence on the association betwe...
Background
Despite the generally accepted belief that social support improves caregiver adjustment in general and subjective burden in particular, the literature shows mixed findings, and a recent review concluded that the predictive strength of caregiver social support in determining caregiver burden is less evident, due to the conceptual diversit...
PRISMA checklist for systematic reviews.
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En la sociedad de la información, la búsqueda y selección de
información válida, precisa y relevante adquiere estatus de
competencia profesional indispensable. En general en
ciencias de la salud y en particular en enfermería, cada vez es
más importante la consulta de bases de datos de carácter
internacional, por la gran cantidad de información váli...
Background
Despite the large literature analysing factors related to depression, several factors such as caregiving obligation and the interrelationships among the different variables relating to depression have been little studied. The current study aimed to analyse the effect of caregiving obligation (beliefs regarding obligation and social press...
Objective:
To analyze the relationship between the sense of coherence and subjective overload, anxiety and depression in caregivers of dependent elderly relatives.
Method:
Cross-sectional study in an area of the province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain) with a probabilistic sample of 132 caregivers of dependent elderly.
Main measures:
sense of coher...
This letter comments on the letter by Daniel et al.
Aim:
Describe the initial process through which people who imminently become caregivers of a dependent elderly relative.
Design:
Qualitative study, for which its analysis has been directed by Grounded Theory principles.
Location:
This study was conducted in the Health Districts of Jaén, during 2015 and 2016 at the community level.
Participant...
Objectives:
To analyze the effectiveness of tai chi for falls prevention.
Design:
Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Setting:
Pubmed, Scopus, CINHAL, and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) were searched to May 26, 2016.
Participants:
Older adult population and at-risk adults.
Intervention:
Randomized controlled trials analyzing the...
Background
Despite the importance of coping in caregiving, there are few studies on the relationship between coping and quality of life in caregivers of the frail dependent elderly. Thus, this study aims to analyze the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life dimensions in primary caregivers of dependent elderly relatives. Methods...
Purpose:
To analyse the relationship between the type of coping and subjective burden in caregivers of dependent elderly relatives in Andalusia (Spain).
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Location:
Primary Health Care (autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain).
Participants:
A convenience sample of 198 primary caregivers of dependent elderly rel...
A cross-sectional study was developed in Spain to analyse gender differences in intensity of care, care recipient needs and subjective burden, as well as the moderating effects of kinship on the relationship between gender and subjective burden. A probabilistic sample of 200 primary caregivers (100 male and 100 female) of older relatives was interv...
Tai Chi has frequently been used as a preventive measure against falling in at-risk populations. However, studies have yielded contradictory results, and literature reviews have considered only a small number of trials and have not addressed some key aspects, such as sources of heterogeneity and publication bias. This study includes 13 controlled t...
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of global postural re-education (GPR) on the treatment of spinal disorders by performing a systematic review and a meta-analysis.
Design:
MEDLINE, Scopus, and PEDro databases were searched without language or publication date restrictions. Data on pain and function were used to eval...
The study purpose was to determine the relationship between coping strategies and anxiety in primary family caregivers of palliative cancer patients. A cross-sectional study was carried out in a Pain and Palliative Care Unit in Spain. Data were collected through interviews from fifty primary family caregivers of palliative cancer patients. Main res...