Factors associated with caregiver distress among home care clients in New Zealand: Evidence based on data from interRAI Home Care assessment.

Autor: Abey-Nesbit R; Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand., Van Doren S; LUCAS - Centre for Care Research and Consultancy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Ahn S; School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA., Iheme L; School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada., Peel NM; Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Declercq A; LUCAS - Centre for Care Research and Consultancy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; CESO - Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Hirdes J; School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada., Allore H; Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Jamieson HA; Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Australasian journal on ageing [Australas J Ageing] 2022 Jun; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 237-246. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 27.
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13011
Abstrakt: Objective: To identify factors associated with caregiver distress among home care clients in New Zealand.
Methods: The cohort consisted of 105,978 community-dwelling people aged 65 years or older requiring home care services in New Zealand who had at least one informal caregiver. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with caregiver distress.
Results: Variables associated with risk of caregiver distress included Depression Rating Scale score, aggressive behaviour symptoms, primary informal caregiver relationship to patient, Cognitive Performance Scale score, Changes in Health, End-stage disease, and Signs and Symptoms Scale score, informal care time, secondary informal caregiver relationship to care recipient, activities of daily living hierarchy scale score and any hospitalisation.
Conclusions: The study has identified important characteristics that are associated with caregiver stress. These results suggest that caregiver distress can be relieved by promoting protective factors and aiming to reduce risk factors among home care clients in New Zealand.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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