Shyu Yea-Ing Lotus
Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen-Hua 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, 333, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Res Nurs Health. 2002 Apr;25(2):111-21. doi: 10.1002/nur.10027.
This descriptive, correlational study of family caregivers (N=125) tested a conceptual framework for family caregiving to frail elders in Taiwan, using the concept of "finding a balance point" derived from a previous qualitative study. It was hypothesized that caregivers who were better able to find a balance point among competing needs would provide better-quality care to frail elders, which would lead to more positive caregiver and family outcomes. After controlling for the influence of caregiving characteristics and caregiving factors, finding a balance point significantly explained 7% of the variance in overall caregiving consequences. The findings of this study add a new perspective to the caregiving process in Taiwan.
这项针对家庭照顾者（N = 125）的描述性、相关性研究，运用了先前一项定性研究中得出的“找到平衡点”概念，对台湾地区照顾体弱老年人的家庭照顾概念框架进行了测试。研究假设，在相互竞争的需求中更能找到平衡点的照顾者，会为体弱老年人提供质量更高的照顾，进而带来更积极的照顾者和家庭结果。在控制了照顾特征和照顾因素的影响后，找到平衡点显著解释了总体照顾结果中7%的方差。本研究结果为台湾地区的照顾过程增添了新视角。
