Ricard N, Bonin J P, Ezer H
Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Int J Nurs Stud. 1999 Feb;36(1):73-83. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7489(98)00060-1.
The objectives of this study are to describe caregivers' subjective burden and to identify the predictors of burden in primary caregivers of mentally ill outpatients recruited from eight hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Patient and primary caregiver variables, were regressed on perceived burden using hierarchical regression analysis. The variables describing the patient's current state contributed the most to explaining variance in subjective burden. The variables related to psychiatric history and to outpatient treatment also explained a significant proportion of the variance in the burden scores. Better understanding of the factors associated with subjective burden will enable researchers and practitioners to identify those caregivers that are at greater risk for higher levels of burden, and to develop more focused and appropriate interventions.
本研究的目的是描述照顾者的主观负担，并确定从加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔市八家医院招募的精神病门诊患者的主要照顾者负担的预测因素。使用分层回归分析，将患者和主要照顾者变量对感知负担进行回归。描述患者当前状态的变量对解释主观负担的差异贡献最大。与精神病史和门诊治疗相关的变量也解释了负担得分差异的很大一部分。更好地理解与主观负担相关的因素将使研究人员和从业者能够识别那些负担水平较高风险更大的照顾者，并制定更有针对性和适当的干预措施。
