Factors associated with caregiving burden and mental health conditions in caregivers of patients with anorexia nervosa in Japan
| Autor: | Mari Hotta, Chisato Ohara, Tetuya Ando, Zentaro Yamagata, Gen Komaki, Toshiko Kamo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Contact time Research Psychological intervention medicine.disease Anorexia nervosa Mental health 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Eating disorders Social support 0302 clinical medicine medicine Stepwise multiple regression analysis Psychiatry Psychology Psychology(all) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Biological Psychiatry General Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Biopsychosocial Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1751-0759 |
| Popis: | Background There are no studies about the caregiving burdens in families of patients with eating disorders in Japan, and only limited studies on the role of caregivers’ stress coping, social support, and mental health. This study examines caregiving burdens, mental health conditions, and associated factors in caregivers of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients in Japan. Methods Seventy-nine principal caregivers (70 mothers, 5 fathers, 3 spouses and 1 grandmother; mean age 56.0 ± 8.0 years) for outpatients with AN (all female; mean age 26.6 ± 7.9 years; BMI 14.6 ± 3.2 kg/m2) were evaluated using self-report questionnaires in a cross-sectional study. The questionnaires included caregiving burden (J-ZBI_8), mental health conditions (GHQ28), stress coping styles (CISS), social support (SNQ), severity of the patient’s symptoms from the family’s perspective (ABOS), and family functioning (GF-FAD). Clinical information about the patients was also obtained. Results Mean caregiving burden assessed by J-ZBI_8 score was 12.4 ± 7.0 (SD). The total GHQ score was 31.6 ± 13.7 (Likert scoring) and 9.2 ± 7.0 (GHQ scoring). Of the respondents, 48 (60.7 %) indicated a high risk for mental health problems that exceeded the cutoff point of the GHQ. Significantly higher caregiving burden and poor mental health conditions were shown in the group who had contact with patients > 6 h a day compared to the group with daily patient contact |
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