Bonsu Kevin, Kugbey Nuworza, Ayanore Martin Amogre, Atefoe Ethel Akpene
Clinical Psychology Unit, 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Nov 27;12(1):772. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4761-7.
Caregiving is associated with several psychosocial challenges including stress, depression and anxiety. These challenges have been found to have significant negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of caregivers, but the mechanisms of these effects are poorly understood. This study examined whether depression and anxiety serve as mediators between social support and quality of life caregivers of persons with severe burns injury.
A sample of 100 caregivers of persons with severe burns injury were administered questionnaires to assess their depression, anxiety, social support and quality of life. Findings show that depression and anxiety were negatively correlated with quality of life whereas social support was positively correlated with quality of life. Results further showed that only depression significantly mediated the link between social support and quality of life among the caregivers. These findings emphasize the need to screen caregivers for common mental health problems and provide them support in the caregiving process to promote their health and wellbeing.
照顾他人会带来多种心理社会挑战，包括压力、抑郁和焦虑。已发现这些挑战会对照顾者的健康和幸福产生重大负面影响，但对这些影响的机制了解甚少。本研究探讨抑郁和焦虑是否在严重烧伤患者照顾者的社会支持与生活质量之间起中介作用。
对100名严重烧伤患者的照顾者进行问卷调查，以评估他们的抑郁、焦虑、社会支持和生活质量。结果表明，抑郁和焦虑与生活质量呈负相关，而社会支持与生活质量呈正相关。结果还表明，在照顾者中，只有抑郁显著中介了社会支持与生活质量之间的联系。这些发现强调了对照顾者进行常见心理健康问题筛查的必要性，并在照顾过程中为他们提供支持，以促进他们的健康和幸福。
