Medical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nurs Health Sci. 2020 Dec;22(4):913-920. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12746. Epub 2020 Jul 1.
Long-term care for older people with dementia can adversely impact a family caregiver's life. A decrease in their quality of life may compromise the quality of care they provide to older people and their own quality of life. The samples include 76 family caregivers of older people with dementia in Thailand. Six questionnaires and the EuroQoL Five Dimensions Questionnaire were used in data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in data analysis. The findings revealed that quality of life of family caregivers was at a high level. Experiences of close relationships between care dyads and perceived social support were positively related to family caregiver's quality of life, whereas perceived stress and burden were negatively related. Perceived social support and experiences of close relationships might be predictors of family caregiver's quality of life. High quality of life levels among Thai family caregivers of older people with dementia were influenced by high perceived social support and high experiences of close relationships. An intervention focusing on modifying such predicting factors may effectively help maintain quality of life of these family caregivers.
长期护理痴呆老年人可能会对家庭照顾者的生活产生不利影响。他们的生活质量下降可能会影响他们为老年人提供的护理质量和自身的生活质量。样本包括泰国 76 名痴呆老年人的家庭照顾者。在数据收集过程中使用了六个问卷和 EuroQoL 五维问卷。数据分析采用描述性和推断性统计方法。研究结果表明，家庭照顾者的生活质量处于较高水平。护理对子之间的亲密关系体验和感知到的社会支持与家庭照顾者的生活质量呈正相关，而感知到的压力和负担则呈负相关。感知到的社会支持和亲密关系体验可能是家庭照顾者生活质量的预测因素。泰国痴呆老年人家庭照顾者的高质量生活水平受到高感知社会支持和高亲密关系体验的影响。关注于改变这些预测因素的干预措施可能会有效地帮助维持这些家庭照顾者的生活质量。
