City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Soc Work Health Care. 2011;50(9):694-718. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2011.580421.
In community care, the quality of life of the care recipient and the quality of the care provider affect each other. This is a proposition derived from the dialectical perspective, which envisions the importance of promoting the quality of life of both the care recipient and provider. The proposition hinges on mediation by caring effectiveness. This mediation model is the focus of the present study. This study surveyed 232 dyads of Hong Kong Chinese older care recipients and their professional care providers in two waves. Psychological well-being and functional disability were the indicators of the quality of life of care recipients, whereas burnout was an indicator of the low quality of life of professional care providers. The results reinforce the mediation model by showing that caring effectiveness mediates the impact of the earlier burnout of the professional care provider on the subsequent psychological well-being of the care recipient. In turn, the earlier psychological well-being and functional disability of the care recipient also affect the burnout of the professional care provider. The results support the dialectical perspective.
在社区关怀中，被照顾者的生活质量和照顾者的生活质量相互影响。这是一个源于辩证视角的命题，它设想了提高被照顾者和提供者生活质量的重要性。这个命题取决于照顾的有效性的调节作用。这个调节模型是本研究的重点。本研究在两个时间点调查了 232 对香港中国老年照顾者及其专业照顾者的配对。心理幸福感和功能障碍是被照顾者生活质量的指标，而倦怠是专业照顾者生活质量低的一个指标。研究结果通过表明照顾的有效性调节了专业照顾者早期倦怠对被照顾者随后心理幸福感的影响，进一步证实了调节模型。反过来，被照顾者早期的心理幸福感和功能障碍也会影响专业照顾者的倦怠。研究结果支持辩证视角。
