Amar Shimon, Biderman Aya, Carmel Sara, Bachner Yaacov G
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Clalit Health Services, Southern District, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jun 2;10(6):1034. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10061034.
The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness of elderly primary caregivers of being at physical and mental health risk due to their caregiving role, as well as to examine the impact of sociodemographic characteristics, patient care characteristics, and situational variables on caregivers’ awareness. Data were collected by interview of a sample of primary caregivers aged 60+. A total of 202 primary caregivers responded positively, representing a response rate of 65% (202/311). We found a low−moderate level of awareness. The final multivariate regression analysis (F (12, 179) = 21.26, p < 0.000) revealed six variables, out of nearly 30, that are associated with a high percentage (59%) of the variability of caregivers’ awareness, namely caregiving burden, caregivers’ self-rated health, patient’s disease severity, caregiver gender, number of children, and familial relation to the patient. Action may be taken to raise caregivers’ awareness. Such interventions would possibly contribute to the quality of life and health of caregivers, enable the optimal treatment of the patient, and reduce the costs imposed on the health system and society in general.
本研究的目的是评估老年主要照料者对因其照料角色而面临身心健康风险的认知水平，并考察社会人口学特征、患者护理特征和情境变量对照料者认知的影响。通过对60岁以上主要照料者样本进行访谈收集数据。共有202名主要照料者给出了积极回应，回应率为65%（202/311）。我们发现认知水平处于中低程度。最终的多元回归分析（F(12, 179) = 21.26，p < 0.000）显示，在近30个变量中，有6个变量与照料者认知的高比例（59%）变异性相关，即照料负担、照料者自评健康状况、患者疾病严重程度、照料者性别、子女数量以及与患者的家庭关系。可以采取行动提高照料者的认知。此类干预可能有助于提高照料者的生活质量和健康水平，使患者得到最佳治疗，并降低总体上对卫生系统和社会造成的成本。
