Prevo Lotte, Hajema KlaasJan, Linssen Evelyne, Kremers Stef, Crutzen Rik, Schneider Francine
1 Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
2 Public Health Service Southern Limburg, The Netherlands.
Inquiry. 2018 Jan-Dec;55:46958018775570. doi: 10.1177/0046958018775570.
This study explored the population characteristics and needs of informal caregivers reporting a low or high burden. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Netherlands to explore the associations between the characteristics and needs of informal caregivers and the burden they perceive and to assess the variance in perceived burdens that is explained by these variables. Three thousand sixty-seven adult informal caregivers and 1936 senior informal caregivers participated, almost 15% of whom perceived a high burden. Particularly caregivers in the 40 to 54 age group perceived a high burden, while caregivers with an intermediate educational level reported a low burden. Higher burden was also reported by caregivers who spent more time on the care provision tasks, had a high level of depressive symptoms, or reported loneliness. The explored variables seem to be important to explain caregiver burden. Longitudinal research is warranted to establish the causal directions of these associations.
本研究探讨了报告负担较低或较高的非正式照料者的人口特征和需求。在荷兰进行了一项横断面研究，以探讨非正式照料者的特征和需求与其所感知的负担之间的关联，并评估这些变量所解释的感知负担差异。3067名成年非正式照料者和1936名老年非正式照料者参与了研究，其中近15% 的人认为负担很重。特别是40至54岁年龄组的照料者认为负担很重，而中等教育水平的照料者报告负担较轻。在护理任务上花费更多时间、有高水平抑郁症状或报告感到孤独的照料者也报告了更高的负担。所探讨的变量似乎对于解释照料者负担很重要。有必要进行纵向研究以确定这些关联的因果方向。
