Atallah Randa, Nehmé Claire, Séoud Joëlle, Yérétzian Joumana, Zablit Claire, Lévesque Louise, Ducharme Francine
Université Saint-Joseph, Faculté des sciences infirmières.
Rech Soins Infirm. 2005 Jun(81):122-38.
The primary objective of this pan Lebanese study was to describe the health care context of family caregivers cohabiting with an elderly relative with loss of autonomy while the secondary objective consisted in the qualitative documentation of their positive and negative perceptions as to the role of the caregivers. The study uses a theoretical framework of stress. The results indicate that the caregivers (N = 319) take care of relatives (40% with memory troubles) having a moderate level of loss of autonomy and who present more depressive behaviors than "disturbing" behaviors. The caregivers are particularly affected by the behaviors of their relatives. They accomplish several health care tasks and very few receive formal services to support them. Their neighborhood offers them more emotional support than instrumental support. More caregivers perceive positive aspects than negative aspects in their role. Recommendations are formulated to guide the elaboration of a national policy of support to caregivers and the development of innovative community care practices.
这项黎巴嫩全国性研究的主要目的是描述与失去自理能力的老年亲属共同生活的家庭照料者的医疗保健情况，次要目的是对他们对照料者角色的积极和消极看法进行定性记录。该研究采用了压力理论框架。结果表明，照料者（N = 319）照顾的亲属（40%有记忆问题）自理能力丧失程度中等，且表现出更多的抑郁行为而非“干扰性”行为。照料者尤其受到亲属行为的影响。他们完成多项医疗保健任务，很少有人获得正式服务来支持他们。他们所在的社区给予他们的情感支持多于实际帮助。更多的照料者认为自己角色中的积极方面多于消极方面。研究提出了相关建议，以指导制定全国性的照料者支持政策和发展创新性的社区护理实践。
