East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China.
J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Jul;40(7):703-712. doi: 10.1177/0733464820951029. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
This study explored predictors of family caregiver burden against the backdrop of the rapidly aging population and gradually weakening family care in urban China. It used a unique sample from the 2017 survey on older adults with functional disability and their family caregivers in Shanghai, China. A multi-pronged approach and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression were employed to identify predictors of family caregiver burden. Statistical analysis revealed that approximately 25% of caregivers felt stressed. Many independent variables related to caregivers, care recipients, their relationship, and social support had statistically significant impacts on caregiver burden. This study also found that caregiver educational level, caregiver family economic status, and the number of other caregivers had significant moderating effects on the correlation between older people's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and family caregiver burden. Policy implications derived from those findings were also discussed.
本研究探讨了在中国城市人口快速老龄化和家庭护理逐渐减弱的背景下，家庭照顾者负担的预测因素。它使用了来自中国上海 2017 年功能障碍老年人及其家庭照顾者调查的独特样本。采用多管齐下的方法和普通最小二乘法（OLS）回归来确定家庭照顾者负担的预测因素。统计分析显示，约有 25%的照顾者感到压力。许多与照顾者、被照顾者、他们之间的关系以及社会支持有关的独立变量对照顾者的负担有统计学上的显著影响。本研究还发现，照顾者的教育水平、照顾者家庭的经济状况和其他照顾者的人数对老年人日常生活活动（ADL）能力与家庭照顾者负担之间的相关性有显著的调节作用。还讨论了从这些发现中得出的政策含义。
