Department of Occupational Therapy, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
PeerJ. 2023 Apr 14;11:e15178. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15178. eCollection 2023.
This study was designed to investigate the difference between the family caregivers of dementia patients (hereafter referred to as dementia family) and the non-family caregivers of dementia patients (hereafter referred to as non-dementia family) in terms of time usage.
A total of 102 dementia families who responded to the 'time use survey' in 2019 were enrolled in the study. 101 non-dementia families include families who did not respond to the 'dementia' item, and simple random sampling was performed. Time usage according to occupational area and satisfaction level were analyzed based on the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework-Fourth Edition (OTPF-4). Statistical analyses were completed using IBM SPSS 25. The data was analyzed by using frequency analysis and independent two-sample -test. A level of < 0.05 was used as a cut-off for statistical significance.
As for the time consumption by occupational area of dementia families and non-dementia families, dementia families spent more time than non-dementia families in instrumental daily life activities. The increase in the time for instrumental activities of daily living, including the time for caring for dementia patients, may lead to changes in time use for members of the family with dementia. By comparing the time usage by occupational area according to gender within the dementia families, it was possible to find out the difference between male and female instrumental daily activities and health care time use. The difference in time use according to gender showed that women took on more caring roles than men, and actually spent more time than men.
The amount of time used between the dementia family and the non-dementia family differed according to the group and gender. These results suggest that dementia can cause changes in the time usage of dementia family. Therefore, this study recognizes the need for efficient use of time for dementia families and suggests that there is a need for a balanced use of time according to gender.
本研究旨在调查痴呆患者的家庭照顾者（以下简称痴呆家庭）与痴呆患者的非家庭照顾者（以下简称非痴呆家庭）在时间使用方面的差异。
共纳入 2019 年对“时间使用调查”做出回应的 102 个痴呆家庭。101 个非痴呆家庭包括未对“痴呆”项做出回应的家庭，并进行了简单随机抽样。根据职业治疗实践框架第四版（OTPF-4），分析了按职业领域和满意度划分的时间使用情况。使用 IBM SPSS 25 完成统计分析。使用频率分析和独立两样本 t 检验进行数据分析。<0.05 为统计学显著性的截止值。
就痴呆家庭和非痴呆家庭的职业领域时间消耗而言，痴呆家庭在工具性日常生活活动上花费的时间多于非痴呆家庭。照顾痴呆患者的时间增加，可能导致痴呆患者家庭成员的时间使用发生变化。通过比较痴呆家庭中按性别划分的职业领域时间使用情况，可以发现男性和女性的工具性日常活动和医疗保健时间使用之间的差异。按性别划分的时间使用差异表明，女性承担的照顾角色多于男性，实际上比男性花费更多的时间。
痴呆家庭和非痴呆家庭之间的时间使用量因群体和性别而异。这些结果表明，痴呆可能导致痴呆家庭时间使用的变化。因此，本研究认识到需要有效利用痴呆家庭的时间，并建议根据性别平衡时间使用。
