Morlett-Paredes Alejandra, Perrin Paul B, Olivera Silvia Leonor, Rogers Heather L, Perdomo Jose Libardo, Arango Jose Anselmo, Arango-Lasprilla Juan Carlos
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Grupo de Investigación Carlos Finlay, Surcolombiana University, Neiva, Colombia.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2014;35(4):841-9. doi: 10.3233/NRE-141164.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of appraisal, belonging, and tangible social support on the mental health (depression, satisfaction with life, anxiety, and burden) of Colombian spinal cord injury (SCI) caregivers.
Forty SCI caregivers from Neiva, Colombia completed questionnaires assessing their perceived social support and mental health.
Four multiple regressions found that the three social support variables explained 42.8% of the variance in caregiver depression, 22.3% of the variance in satisfaction with life, 24.1% of the variance in anxiety, and 16.5% of the variance in burden, although the effect on burden was marginally significant. Within these regressions, higher belonging social support was uniquely associated with lower depression, and higher tangible social support was uniquely associated with higher caregiver satisfaction with life.
Social support may have a particularly important influence on SCI caregiver mental health in Colombia, due in part to the high levels of collectivism and strong family values shown to exist in Latin America, and may therefore be an important target for SCI caregiver interventions in this region.
背景/目的：本研究旨在探讨评估、归属感和实际社会支持对哥伦比亚脊髓损伤（SCI）患者照料者心理健康（抑郁、生活满意度、焦虑和负担）的影响。
来自哥伦比亚内瓦的40名SCI患者照料者完成了评估其感知到的社会支持和心理健康的问卷。
四项多元回归分析发现，这三个社会支持变量解释了照料者抑郁方差的42.8%、生活满意度方差的22.3%、焦虑方差的24.1%和负担方差的16.5%，尽管对负担的影响仅具有边缘显著性。在这些回归分析中，更高的归属感社会支持与更低的抑郁显著相关，更高的实际社会支持与照料者更高的生活满意度显著相关。
社会支持可能对哥伦比亚SCI患者照料者的心理健康有特别重要的影响，部分原因是拉丁美洲存在高度的集体主义和强烈的家庭价值观，因此社会支持可能是该地区SCI患者照料者干预措施的一个重要目标。
