Kristianingrum Niko Dima, Ramadhani Dian Azizah, Hayati Yati Sri, Setyoadi Setyoadi
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang.
J Public Health Res. 2021 Apr 14;10(2):2227. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2021.2227.
Family caregivers play an important role in providing long-term care for people with diabetes mellitus because it is a chronic disease that requires critical attention. This increases the burden of family caregivers which affects the health status of people with this disease. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the correlation between the burden of family caregivers and the health status of people with diabetes mellitus. Design and methods: This is an analytic observational study which was carried out in the work area ofpublic health centers in Malang City using a cross-sectional design approach. The subjects used were 327 people with diabetes mellitus and their families were selected using the cluster sampling technique. Data collection was carried out using demographic data instruments, Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) questionnaire to measure the burden of family caregivers and the SF 12 questionnaire to measure the health status of people with diabetes mellitus.
The results of the Spermank-Rank statistical test showed that there was a negative relationship between the burden of family caregivers and the health status of people with diabetes mellitus (p-value 0.000 and coefficient value of -0.333).
It was concluded that the lesser the burden on family caregivers, the better the health status of people with diabetes mellitus. Therefore, interventions are needed to reduce the burden of family caregiver and improve the health status of patients with diabetes mellitus.
家庭照顾者在为糖尿病患者提供长期护理方面发挥着重要作用，因为糖尿病是一种需要密切关注的慢性病。这增加了家庭照顾者的负担，进而影响了糖尿病患者的健康状况。因此，本研究的目的是确定家庭照顾者的负担与糖尿病患者健康状况之间的相关性。
这是一项分析性观察研究，采用横断面设计方法，在玛琅市公共卫生中心的工作区域开展。研究对象为327名糖尿病患者，其家人采用整群抽样技术选取。数据收集使用人口统计学数据工具、用于测量家庭照顾者负担的Zarit照顾负担访谈问卷（ZBI）以及用于测量糖尿病患者健康状况的SF - 12问卷。
Spearman秩统计检验结果显示，家庭照顾者的负担与糖尿病患者的健康状况之间存在负相关关系（p值为0.000，系数值为 - 0.333）。
得出的结论是，家庭照顾者的负担越小，糖尿病患者的健康状况越好。因此，需要采取干预措施来减轻家庭照顾者的负担，改善糖尿病患者的健康状况。
