Gray Rossarin Soottipong, Pattaravanich Umaporn
Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, 999 Phutthamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170 Thailand.
Eur J Ageing. 2019 Nov 25;17(3):349-359. doi: 10.1007/s10433-019-00544-8. eCollection 2020 Sep.
This study examined the effects of several aspects of care-giving on the subjective well-being (SWB) of family caregivers of older adults. These aspects were comprised of external resources including social support, affection, and internal resources including confidence, positive appraisal and coping strategies, and tiredness. The level of happiness (0-10) was used as the gauge of SWB. The data were from a cross-sectional study of 270 primary family caregivers in western Thailand. Multiple regression models controlling for age, gender, kinship to care for recipients, self-rated health, duration and hours of care-giving were estimated. Both social support in terms of appreciation and admiration for care-giving, as opposed to such care being considered a caregivers' duty, as well as inner strength derived from a positive attitude and self-perceived ability in care-giving were positively associated with SWB. Tiredness had a significant negative association with SWB. The implications of these findings for policy and intervention programs are discussed.
本研究考察了照护的几个方面对老年人家庭照护者主观幸福感（SWB）的影响。这些方面包括外部资源，如社会支持、关爱，以及内部资源，如信心、积极评价和应对策略，还有疲惫感。幸福程度（0 - 10）被用作主观幸福感的衡量指标。数据来自对泰国西部270名主要家庭照护者的横断面研究。估计了控制年龄、性别、与受照护者的亲属关系、自评健康状况、照护时长和小时数的多元回归模型。对照护给予赞赏和钦佩的社会支持，而非将此类照护视为照护者的职责，以及源于积极态度和自我感知的照护能力的内在力量，均与主观幸福感呈正相关。疲惫感与主观幸福感呈显著负相关。讨论了这些发现对政策和干预项目的启示。
