Health Status and Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Multimorbidity.
| Autor: | Schmaderer M; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, USA., Struwe L; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, USA., Pozehl B; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA., Loecker C; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, USA., Zimmerman L; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Gerontology & geriatric medicine [Gerontol Geriatr Med] 2020 Sep 23; Vol. 6, pp. 2333721420959228. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 23 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2333721420959228 |
| Abstrakt: | Caregivers of patients with multimorbidity are important for improving patient outcomes. This descriptive study examines health status and burden of 22 caregivers of patients with multimorbidity discharged from the hospital who were enrolled in a self-management intervention study. Caregivers did not receive an intervention. Factors that increased caregiver burden were financial issues, caring for others (e.g., family members), and home obligations. Caregivers averaged between 2 and 3 chronic conditions themselves. Perceived caregiver burden remained unchanged over time for the caregiver whether the patient was in the intervention or the usual care group. We recommend rigorous research with larger samples to better understand the caregiver role, needed resources and potential interventions to mitigate caregiver burden in the multimorbid population during and after care transitions. Longitudinal studies that include assessment and interventions for the caregivers of patients with multimorbidity are needed. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2020.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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