Individual quality of life factors distinguishing low-burden and high-burden caregivers of dementia patients
Individual quality of life factors distinguishing low-burden and high-burden caregivers of dementia patients
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DOI：
10.1159/000048648
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Lawlor, BA
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作者：
Coen, RF;O'Boyle, CA;Lawlor, BA
对72例痴呆症患者和照顾者特征以及区分低负担照顾者和高负担照顾者的个人生活质量(LQL)因素进行评估。测量包括患者的认知、功能和行为状况，以及照顾者负担、幸福感、社会支持评估和IQL。照顾者按中位数分为低负担组和高负担组。高负担组的女儿比例过高，心理患病率较高，生活质量较低，行为障碍较多，对非正式社会支持的负面评价有增加的趋势。在照顾者引出的许多生活质量因素中，只有“独处时间”和“经济状况”在两组间有显著差异。对于负担过重的照顾者来说，需要更多的时间离开病人是一个主要的生活质量担忧，而感觉到缺乏足够的非正式支持和/或经济限制是促成因素。版权所有(C)2002 S.Karger AG，巴塞尔。
Dementia patient (n = 72) and caregiver characteristics and individual quality of life (lQoL) factors distinguishing low- and high-burden caregivers were evaluated. Measures included patient cognitive, functional and behavioural status, and caregiver burden, well-being, social support appraisal and IQoL. The caregivers were divided by median split into low- and high-burden groups. In the high-burden group daughters were over-represented, psychological morbidity was higher, QoL was lower, the patients were more behaviourally disturbed, and there was a trend towards more negative appraisal of informal social support. Of the many QoL factors elicited from caregivers, only 'time for self' and 'finances' differed significantly between the groups. A need for more time away from the patient is a major QoL concern for highly burdened caregivers, and a perceived lack of adequate informal support and/or financial constraints are contributory factors. Copyright (C) 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel.