Nursing Administration and Education Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Oct;57(4):1960-1965. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12772. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
This study was aimed to examine the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among Saudi family caregivers.
This was a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study conducted on 163 participants. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-6 was used to collect data. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were run in SPSS.
Results indicated that psychological distress was significantly associated with employment status, education level, monthly money spent on caring, time spent on caregiving, and chronic disease type variables.
Implementing effective programs to raise family caregivers' understanding of psychological distress and improve their engagement in treatment is important.
本研究旨在调查沙特家庭护理者心理困扰的流行率及其相关因素。
这是一项横断面描述性相关性研究,共纳入了 163 名参与者。采用 Kessler 心理困扰量表-6 收集数据。采用 SPSS 进行了双变量和多变量分析。
结果表明,心理困扰与就业状况、教育水平、每月用于护理的费用、护理时间和慢性病类型等变量显著相关。
实施有效的方案,提高家庭护理者对心理困扰的认识并促进他们接受治疗,这一点非常重要。