Psychological Distress, Multicare Needs and Social Resource Utilisation of Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Descriptive-Correlational Study

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

International Journal of Older People Nursing Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI:10.1111/opn.12624

Wan-Ching Shen, Ling-Hui Chang, Ying-Che Huang, Jing-Jy Wang

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Abstract

Background

The population of people with dementia increases yearly, imposing a growing burden on family caregivers. Psychological distress impacts the mental health of family caregivers of people with dementia. Caregiver psychological distress can result in increased social resource utilisation and unmet multicare needs.

Purpose

The study explored the psychological distress of family caregivers of people with dementia and examined the impact on social resource utilisation and multicare needs.

Methods

A descriptive-correlational study collected data in Taiwan from a cross-sectional sample of family caregivers of people with dementia using a self-report questionnaire. Data were analysed using linear and logistic regression.

Results

A total of 301 caregivers provided data for analysis. Nearly two-thirds of caregivers were female with a mean age of 57 years old (SD = 12). Over half of the family caregivers of people with dementia experienced mild-to-moderate psychological distress. The greater the psychological distress, the greater the probability of using social resources (1.09 times per 1-point increase, p = 0.002). Psychological distress was positively associated with the number of caregivers' care needs (β = 0.371, p < 0.001).

Conclusions

Findings of this study can assist healthcare professionals in better understanding the psychological distress and care needs of caregivers. Services designed to meet the needs of family caregivers will improve psychological distress.

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痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的心理压力、多重护理需求和社会资源利用：一项描述性相关研究。

背景：痴呆症患者人数逐年增加，给家庭照顾者带来了越来越大的负担。心理困扰影响着痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的心理健康。目的：本研究探讨了痴呆症患者家庭照护者的心理困扰，并研究了其对社会资源利用和多重照护需求的影响：这项描述性-相关性研究在台湾收集了痴呆症患者家庭照护者的横截面样本数据，采用的是自我报告问卷。采用线性回归和逻辑回归对数据进行分析：共有 301 位照顾者提供了分析数据。近三分之二的照顾者为女性，平均年龄为 57 岁（SD = 12）。超过一半的痴呆症患者家庭照顾者有轻度到中度的心理困扰。心理压力越大，使用社会资源的概率就越高（每增加 1 个百分点增加 1.09 倍，p = 0.002）。心理困扰与照顾者的照顾需求数量呈正相关（β = 0.371，p 结论：心理困扰与照顾者的照顾需求数量呈正相关：本研究的结果有助于医护人员更好地了解照顾者的心理困扰和护理需求。旨在满足家庭照顾者需求的服务将改善他们的心理困扰。

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International Journal of Older People Nursing Nursing-Gerontology

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3.60

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Older People Nursing welcomes scholarly papers on all aspects of older people nursing including research, practice, education, management, and policy. We publish manuscripts that further scholarly inquiry and improve practice through innovation and creativity in all aspects of gerontological nursing. We encourage submission of integrative and systematic reviews; original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; secondary analyses of existing data; historical works; theoretical and conceptual analyses; evidence based practice projects and other practice improvement reports; and policy analyses. All submissions must reflect consideration of IJOPN''s international readership and include explicit perspective on gerontological nursing. We particularly welcome submissions from regions of the world underrepresented in the gerontological nursing literature and from settings and situations not typically addressed in that literature. Editorial perspectives are published in each issue. Editorial perspectives are submitted by invitation only.