Umpimai Nantiya, Sangon Sopin, Nintachan Patcharin
Master of Nursing Science Program in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Jul 2;13(13):1582. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13131582.
This predictive research aimed to examine the influences of gender, perceived patients' ability to perform activities of daily living, perceived impact of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), perceived caregiver burden, and perceived social support on the psychological distress of family caregivers of persons with dementia. : The sample consists of 172 family caregivers of persons with dementia who received services at the outpatient department of a hospital in Bangkok and met the inclusion criteria. The research tools used in this study included a demographic questionnaire, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, the Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index, a Thai tool for assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, the Thai Burden Interview for Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Illness, and Social Support Scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. : The research findings revealed that 26.2% of the sample experienced psychological distress. Multiple regression analysis indicated that gender, perceived patients' ability to perform activities of daily living, perceived impact of BPSD, perceived caregiver burden, and perceived social support could jointly explain 66.3% of the variance of psychological stress of family caregivers of persons with dementia (R = 0.663, F = 65.303, < 0.001). The factors that significantly influenced psychological distress in family caregivers of dementia were perceived caregiver burden (β = 0.693, < 0.001) and perceived impact of BPSD (β = 0.164, < 0.01). : The findings from this study can serve as a basis for developing strategies to reduce or prevent psychological distress in family caregivers of persons with dementia.
这项预测性研究旨在探讨性别、对患者日常生活活动能力的认知、对痴呆症行为和心理症状（BPSD）的认知影响、感知到的照顾者负担以及感知到的社会支持对痴呆症患者家庭照顾者心理困扰的影响。：样本包括172名在曼谷一家医院门诊部接受服务且符合纳入标准的痴呆症患者家庭照顾者。本研究使用的研究工具包括一份人口统计学问卷、凯斯勒心理困扰量表、巴氏日常生活活动指数、一种评估痴呆症行为和心理症状的泰语工具、针对慢性病患者照顾者的泰语照顾负担访谈以及社会支持量表。数据采用描述性统计和多元回归分析。：研究结果显示，26.2%的样本经历了心理困扰。多元回归分析表明，性别、对患者日常生活活动能力的认知、对BPSD的认知影响、感知到的照顾者负担以及感知到的社会支持能够共同解释痴呆症患者家庭照顾者心理压力方差的66.3%（R = 0.663，F = 65.303，<0.）。对痴呆症患者家庭照顾者心理困扰有显著影响的因素是感知到的照顾者负担（β = 0.693，<0.）和对BPSD的认知影响（β = 0.164，<0.01）。：本研究结果可为制定减轻或预防痴呆症患者家庭照顾者心理困扰的策略提供依据。 （原文中部分小于号后面的内容不完整，已按原样翻译）
