Main title - Socio-economic effects on informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized adult patients: A cross-sectional study.

Autor:	de Silva UP; professorial Surgical Unit, Colombo south teaching hospital, Sri Lanka., Varun S; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka., Kariyawasam ST; professorial Surgical Unit, Colombo south teaching hospital, Sri Lanka., Jayawardane MD; professorial Surgical Unit, Colombo south teaching hospital, Sri Lanka., Lakmal MA; professorial Surgical Unit, Colombo south teaching hospital, Sri Lanka., Kariyawasam MD; professorial Surgical Unit, Colombo south teaching hospital, Sri Lanka., Nandasena MS; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka., Pathirana AA; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka., Weerasekera DD; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Ceylon medical journal [Ceylon Med J] 2022 Nov 30; Vol. 67 (4), pp. 138-142.
DOI:	10.4038/cmj.v67i4.9741
Abstrakt:	Introduction: A significant proportion of patients are being treated at hospitals in the government sector in Sri Lanka. Informal caregivers play a major role in taking care of hospitalized surgical patients while facing physical, social, and psychological challenges. Objective: To describe the socio-economic effects on informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized adult patients. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 202 informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized patients in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Sociodemographic assessment of both caregiver and care recipient, the health status of the care recipient, effects on social life, and economic aspect of informal caregiver were assessed. Results: Most of the caregivers were married (n=164, 81.2%), first degree relative of the care receiver (n=139, 68.8%), employed (n=115, 56.9%) and sole caregivers (n=130, 64.4%). Four out of 5 caregivers (n=181, 89.6%) showed moderate to severe socio-economic maladaptation. Increasing age (p=0.00), marital status (p=0.00) and sole caregiving (p=0.01) are significantly associated with the level of maladaptation. Conclusion: Moderate to severe levels of maladaptation is present among a substantial number of informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized patients. Sole caregiving is one of the contributing factors and can be addressed by adequate formal caregivers appointed by health care authorities or from voluntary services to minimize informal caregiver burnout.
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