Factors Influencing Burden among Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients
| Autor: | Joo Hee Bae, Yooun Sook Choi, Young Sook Tae, Nam Hee Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty 030504 nursing Family caregivers business.industry General Engineering Psychological intervention Cancer Assessment scale medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Scale (social sciences) medicine Outpatient clinic 0305 other medical science Psychiatry business Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Asian Oncology Nursing. 16:20 |
| ISSN: | 2287-447X 2287-2434 |
| DOI: | 10.5388/aon.2016.16.1.20 |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study was to identify factors influencing burden among family caregivers of elderly cancer patients. Methods: The participants were 217 family caregivers who visited inpatient & outpatient clinics for elderly cancer patients at two general hospitals. Data were collected utilizing the Perceived Health Status Scale, Herth Hope Index Scale, Medical Outcome Study-Social Support Scale, and Caregiver Reaction Assessment Scale. Results: The level of burden in the participants was moderate to high. There were significant correlations among perceived health status, hope, social support and burden. In multiple regression analyses, the most powerful predictor of burden in family caregivers was hope (36.0%). Overall, other caregivers, perceived economic status, caring time, gender, patients’ confusion, tangible support, and perceived health status explained 61.0% of the variance of burden among the participants. Conclusion: The study highlights the importance of hope on burden in family caregivers. Thereby, integrative interventions are needed to enhance hope and social support and to promote caregivers’ health status for alleviating-burden among family caregivers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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