Relationships between quality of life and family function in caregiver
Relationships between quality of life and family function in caregiver
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2296-12-19
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发表时间：
2011-04-15
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Garcia-Ortiz, Luis
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作者：
Rodriguez-Sanchez, Emiliano;Perez-Penaranda, Anibal;Garcia-Ortiz, Luis
背景资料：有些照顾者认为他们的生活质量（QoL）由于他们的照顾任务的要求而受损，而其他人则设法适应并成功克服危机。家庭功能对主要照顾者状况的影响尚未得到太多评价。本研究的目的是分析家庭功能和照顾者的生活质量之间的关系依赖relatives.Methods：我们进行了一项横断面研究，包括153照顾者。设置：萨拉曼卡市（西班牙）的两个健康中心。分析的护理人员变量：人口统计学特征、护理接受者特征;护理者感知的家庭功能（家庭APGAR-Q）和QoL（Ruiz-Baca-Q）。考虑到全球生活质量和四个生活质量维度中的每一个作为因变量，进行了五次多元回归。结果：家庭功能是唯一一个同时与总体生活质量和四个维度均存在显著相关的变量（p < 0.05）。使用CCA，我们发现，身体和精神健康的尺寸是一个更密切的关系与家庭功能，而社会支持的质量维度，是最不受家庭APGAR-Q。结论：我们发现家庭功能和照顾者的生活质量之间的关联。这种关系适用于生活质量的全球衡量标准及其四个单独的维度。
Background: There are caregivers who see their quality of life (QoL) impaired due to the demands of their caregiving tasks, while others manage to adapt and overcome the crises successfully. The influence of the family function in the main caregiver's situation has not been the subject of much evaluation. The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between the functionality of the family and the QoL of caregivers of dependent relatives.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study including 153 caregivers. Setting: Two health centers in the city of Salamanca(Spain). Caregiver variables analysed: demographic characteristics, care recipient features; family functionality (Family APGAR-Q) and QoL (Ruiz-Baca-Q) perceived by the caregiver. Five multiple regressions are performed considering global QoL and each of the four QoL dimensions as dependent variables. The Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) was used to study the influence of the family function questionnaire on QoL.Results: Family function is the only one of the variables evaluated that presented an association both with global QoL and with each of the four individual dimensions (p < 0.05). Using the CCA, we found that the physical and mental well-being dimensions are the ones which present a closer relationship with family functionality, while social support is the quality dimension that is least influenced by the Family APGAR-Q.Conclusion: We find an association between family functionality and the caregiver's QoL. This relation holds for both the global measure of QoL and each of its four individual dimensions.