Dorfman L T, Holmes C A, Berlin K L
School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 1997;26(2):33-52. doi: 10.1300/J010v26n02_03.
This study investigated patterns and predictors of service utilization among wife caregivers of frail older veterans. The study focused on the following sets of variables: predisposing, enabling, care-receiver need, and caregiver need. Respondents were 80 wife caregivers of frail older (age 55+) veterans at a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in a Midwestern state. Wife caregivers used a mix of VAMC and non-VAMC services. Care-receiver functional status was a significant predictor of both frequency of service use and number of services ever used. Caregivers' perception of service availability and attitude toward service use were the strongest predictors of number of services ever used.
本研究调查了体弱老年退伍军人的妻子照料者的服务利用模式及预测因素。该研究聚焦于以下几组变量：易患因素、促成因素、受照料者需求和照料者需求。研究对象为中西部某州一家退伍军人事务医疗中心（VAMC）的80名体弱老年（年龄55岁及以上）退伍军人的妻子照料者。妻子照料者同时使用了VAMC和非VAMC的服务。受照料者的功能状态是服务使用频率和曾使用服务数量的重要预测因素。照料者对服务可获得性的认知以及对服务使用的态度是曾使用服务数量的最强预测因素。
