School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nurs Open. 2023 Mar;10(3):1693-1703. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1424. Epub 2022 Oct 27.
To understand the prevalence of depressive symptoms among foreign caregivers and the associated factors.
A cross-sectional study.
Data from 178 Indonesian foreign caregivers, selected based on convenience and snowball sampling in Taiwan, were collected between July 2019 and February 2020 using questionnaires. Stepwise multiple linear regression was used to identify the factors associated with depressive symptoms.
Approximately 30.3% of the foreign caregivers displayed depressive symptoms. The symptoms were more prevalent among the participants who were younger; had more social support; shared a bed with others; and experienced higher work-related stress, more loneliness and physical discomfort. The findings suggest that nurses or nurse practitioners visiting patients at home should not only deliver care for them but also show concern for the psychological well-being of the foreign caregivers of these patients. Moreover, interventions should be developed to alleviate or prevent the emergence of depressive symptoms among foreign caregivers.
了解外国护工抑郁症状的流行情况及其相关因素。
横断面研究。
2019 年 7 月至 2020 年 2 月，采用便利抽样和雪球抽样的方法，在台湾选取了 178 名印度尼西亚外国护工，使用问卷收集数据。采用逐步多元线性回归分析确定与抑郁症状相关的因素。
约 30.3%的外国护工存在抑郁症状。在年龄较小、社会支持较多、与他人同床、工作相关压力较大、孤独感较强和身体不适较多的参与者中，抑郁症状更为常见。结果表明，上门为患者提供护理的护士或执业护师不仅应关注患者的护理，还应关注这些患者的外国护工的心理健康。此外，应制定干预措施来减轻或预防外国护工出现抑郁症状。
