Löffler Kerstin, Jerusalem A, Goldgruber J, Ziegl A, Weidinger L
Albert Schweitzer Institut für Geriatrie und Gerontologie, Geriatrische Gesundheitszentren der Stadt Graz, Albert Schweitzer Gasse 36, 8020, Graz, Österreich.
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Graz, Österreich.
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2023 May;56(3):215-220. doi: 10.1007/s00391-022-02033-7. Epub 2022 Feb 18.
Caring for relatives is often associated with psychological and physical stress. Caregiving relatives usually slip into the role unprepared and they lack both the knowledge and skills to fulfil the associated tasks.
This study tried to measure whether participation in a special educational program affects the trust in one's own ability to care, the quality of life and the stress perception of caring relatives.
A total of 58 caring relatives were recruited to participate in the interventional study with a pre-post design. The intervention involves an 8‑month educational program, which was especially developed. The group was asked to answer validated questionnaires (ASKU, EQ-5D and HPS) at three time points (T1, T2, T3).
The results showed a significant influence of the educational program on self-efficacy (p = 0.0012) of the participants between T1 and T3. With respect to the subjective quality of life and the perception of stress no significant effects were shown.
The results showed that the participation of family carers in the educational program has a different influence on the defined parameters. Not only the stable quality of life but also the short-term significant reduction in subjective stress perception directly after the training (T2) can be emphasized as positive indicators for the program.
照顾亲属通常与心理和身体压力相关。提供照顾的亲属往往在毫无准备的情况下承担起这一角色，并且他们缺乏履行相关任务所需的知识和技能。
本研究试图衡量参与一项特殊教育项目是否会影响照顾亲属对自身照顾能力的信任、生活质量以及压力感知。
总共招募了58名照顾亲属参与这项采用前后测设计的干预性研究。干预措施包括一个专门制定的为期8个月的教育项目。该组被要求在三个时间点（T1、T2、T3）回答经过验证的问卷（ASKU、EQ-5D和HPS）。
结果显示，教育项目在T1和T3之间对参与者的自我效能感有显著影响（p = 0.0012）。在主观生活质量和压力感知方面未显示出显著影响。
结果表明，家庭照顾者参与教育项目对所定义的参数有不同的影响。该项目的积极指标不仅包括稳定的生活质量，还包括培训后（T2）主观压力感知的短期显著降低。
