Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2013 Feb;49(1):61-72. doi: 10.1007/s10597-012-9494-1. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
This study identifies the risk and protective factors associated with informal caregiving by older (≥70 years) Mexican Americans and profiles caregiving arrangements. Overall, a greater number of informal caregivers (n = 92) were married and female. They also had higher physical functioning and better cognition than non-caregivers (n = 1,888) but fewer visited a physician regularly. Informal caregivers also showed an increased risk of depressive symptoms. A third of caregivers spent more than 20 h/day caregiving and the majority (84%) of care recipients were family members. In order to support the efforts of this disproportionately burdened caregiver group, increased social support and healthcare services are needed.
本研究确定了与老年(≥70 岁)墨西哥裔美国人的非正式护理相关的风险和保护因素,并对护理安排进行了分析。总体而言,更多的非正式照顾者(n=92)已婚且为女性。他们的身体机能和认知能力也比非照顾者(n=1888)更好,但定期看医生的人较少。非正式照顾者也表现出更高的抑郁症状风险。三分之一的照顾者每天花费超过 20 小时进行护理,大多数(84%)的护理接受者是家庭成员。为了支持这个负担过重的照顾者群体,需要增加社会支持和医疗保健服务。