美国家庭中的越南移民中照顾者特征与老年被照顾者幸福感之间的关联。
Association between caregivers' characteristics and older care recipients' well-being among Vietnamese immigrant families in the United States.
机构信息
Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Texas, Houston, USA.
Department of Community Care, Xiangya School of Nursing Central South University, Changsha, China.
出版信息
J Community Psychol. 2022 Jul;50(5):2214-2224. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22768. Epub 2021 Dec 9.
AIMS
We examined the association between caregivers' psychological status and their older family members' (care recipients) mental health in the Vietnamese American community (N = 58 dyads).
METHODS
Logistic regression models were used.
RESULTS
Caregivers and care recipients were on average 53 and 75 years old, immigrated at ages 32 and 51, and had 10 and 6 years of formal education, respectively. Approximately two-thirds of caregivers provided care for 20+ h/week for 7 years with the majority of care recipients reporting fair or poor health. Care recipients' physical and cognitive health had a significant association with their depressive symptoms. However, care recipients acting as burdened caregivers' "company" helped themselves and felt less depressed (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.80, 0.99).
CONCLUSION
Leveraging the tradition of Vietnamese multigeneration households, we should promote being a good company to each other that will help the caregiver-care recipient dyad, as well as their family unit when planning future interventions.
目的
我们考察了越南美籍人群中照料者的心理状况与其老年家庭成员（被照料者）心理健康之间的关系（N=58 对）。
方法
采用逻辑回归模型。
结果
照料者和被照料者的平均年龄分别为 53 岁和 75 岁，移民年龄分别为 32 岁和 51 岁，分别接受了 10 年和 6 年的正规教育。大约三分之二的照料者每周提供 20 小时以上的护理，护理时间长达 7 年，大多数被照料者报告健康状况一般或较差。被照料者的身体和认知健康与他们的抑郁症状有显著关联。然而，被照料者作为负担沉重的照料者的“陪伴者”，这有助于他们自己并减轻抑郁感（OR=0.89，95%CI：0.80，0.99）。
结论
利用越南多代同堂的传统，我们应该提倡相互成为好的陪伴者，这将有助于照料者-被照料者二人组，以及他们的家庭单位，在规划未来干预措施时。
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