Relationship between Care Burden and Health Anxiety in the Family Caregivers of the Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease

IF 1 Q4 GERONTOLOGY

Ageing International Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI:10.1007/s12126-023-09545-6

Mohammad Sadegh Sargolzaei, Daniyal Kohestani, Tahereh Alsadat Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Hossein Asghari Asl

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Background: Being a chronic and prevalent disease in older adults, Alzheimer’s disease requires extensive and long-term care from caregivers. The disease significantly increases the burden on family caregivers and can cause physical and mental disorders for them, ultimately hindering their ability to provide adequate care for the patients. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between care burden and health anxiety among the family caregivers of the older adults with Alzheimer’s disease. Materials and Methods: A correlational cross-sectional study enrolled 150 family caregivers who had been providing direct care to older adults with Alzheimer’s disease for at least six months, chosen by continuous sampling. The study collected data using the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18) at the Iranian Alzheimer’s Association in 2021. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 25, employing independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and regression analysis. Results: The results indicated that 75 (50%) caregivers had a moderate level of health anxiety, while 43.3% of them reported being anxious about their health to a poor degree. Additionally, 46.6% and 43.3% of caregivers experienced moderate and intense care burden, respectively. Among the other variables studied such as age, sex, level of education, marital status, and economic status, only health anxiety was found to predict the care burden in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (P < 0.001). (CI95% Health anxiety: 52.80–58.81, CI95% Care burden: 71.89–79.90, R2: 11.9%). Conclusion: Since there is a significant relationship observed between health anxiety and care burden, it is important for health professionals and caregivers of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease to prioritize the health of the caregivers. This requires special attention from healthcare providers.

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老年痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的护理负担与健康焦虑之间的关系

背景：阿尔茨海默氏病是老年人的一种慢性流行病，需要护理人员提供广泛而长期的护理。这种疾病大大增加了家庭护理人员的负担，并可能导致他们的身心失调，最终妨碍他们为患者提供充分护理的能力。研究目的本研究旨在确定老年痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的照顾负担与健康焦虑之间的关系。材料与方法这项相关横断面研究通过连续抽样的方式，选取了 150 名直接照顾阿尔茨海默病患者至少 6 个月的家庭照顾者。研究使用照顾者负担量表（CBI）和健康焦虑量表（HAI-18）在 2021 年的伊朗阿尔茨海默氏症协会收集数据。数据分析使用 SPSS 软件 25 版，采用独立 t 检验、方差分析和回归分析。结果结果表明，75 名护理人员（50%）有中等程度的健康焦虑，43.3% 的护理人员表示对自己的健康焦虑程度较低。此外，分别有 46.6% 和 43.3% 的护理人员有中度和高度的护理负担。在研究的其他变量中，如年龄、性别、教育水平、婚姻状况和经济状况，只有健康焦虑能预测阿尔茨海默病患者护理者的护理负担（P < 0.001）。(CI95%健康焦虑：52.80-58.81，CI95%护理负担：71.89-79.90，CI95%健康焦虑：52.80-58.81）：71.89-79.90, R2:11.9%).结论由于观察到健康焦虑和护理负担之间存在明显的关系，因此对于医护人员和老年痴呆症患者的护理人员来说，将护理人员的健康放在首位是非常重要的。这需要医疗服务提供者给予特别关注。

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Ageing International GERONTOLOGY-

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2.70

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期刊介绍： As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in: ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, EBSCO, Ergonomics Abstracts, Expanded Academic, Gale, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, PsychINFO, PsyARTICLES, SCOPUS, Social Science Abstracts, and Summon by Serial Solutions.