Yılmaz Kara Bilge, Toprak Derya, Kara Ekrem, Özçelik Neslihan, Özyurt Songül, Karadoğan Dilek, Gümüş Aziz, Şahin Ünal
Department of Pulmonology, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Univesity, Rize, Turkey.
Department of Nephrology, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Univesity, Rize,Turkey.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2023 Apr;66(3):400-412. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2022.2103762. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
Caregiving has become an increasingly important medical and social issue in recent decades. We performed a cross-sectional study on pulmonary patients and accompanying informal caregivers who were hospitalized in the chest disease ward of a tertiary center in Turkey between January 2020 and April 2021. Informal caregivers were asked to complete the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview. A total of 141 inpatients (39% female, mean age: 76.8 ± 10.2 years) and their informal caregivers (77% female, mean age: 54 ± 11.9 years) were evaluated. The caregivers were classified as light to medium burden (group 1, burden score ≤40) and medium to heavy burden (group 2, burden score >40). The mean burden score was 35.7 ± 13.3 points. The number of female caregivers was higher in group 2 (p = 0.025). There was a positive correlation between the burden score and female gender (p = 0.002) and the number of chronic diseases of caregivers (p = 0.020). Statistical analysis revealed a negative correlation between the burden score and the level of education (r = > -0.174, p = 0.040). Caregiver burden is related to the characteristics of the caregiver rather than those of the patient being cared for. Female caregivers with lower education and more than one chronic disease perceive a higher caregiver burden.
近几十年来，照护已成为一个日益重要的医学和社会问题。我们对2020年1月至2021年4月期间在土耳其一家三级中心胸科病房住院的肺病患者及其陪同的非正式照护者进行了一项横断面研究。我们要求非正式照护者完成 Zarit 照护者负担访谈。总共评估了141名住院患者（39%为女性，平均年龄：76.8±10.2岁）及其非正式照护者（77%为女性，平均年龄：54±11.9岁）。照护者被分为轻度至中度负担（第1组，负担评分≤40）和中度至重度负担（第2组，负担评分>40）。平均负担评分为35.7±13.3分。第2组中女性照护者的数量更多（p = 0.025）。负担评分与女性性别（p = 0.002）以及照护者的慢性病数量（p = 0.020）之间存在正相关。统计分析显示负担评分与教育水平之间存在负相关（r = -0.174，p = 0.040）。照护者负担与照护者的特征有关，而非与被照护患者的特征有关。教育程度较低且患有不止一种慢性病的女性照护者感受到的照护者负担更高。
