Predictors of Family Caregiver Burden in Shanghai

2020 ◽  
pp. 073346482095102
Author(s):  
Jun Li
Keyword(s):  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Family Caregiver Burden

This study explored predictors of family caregiver burden against the backdrop of the rapidly aging population and gradually weakening family care in urban China. It used a unique sample from the 2017 survey on older adults with functional disability and their family caregivers in Shanghai, China. A multi-pronged approach and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression were employed to identify predictors of family caregiver burden. Statistical analysis revealed that approximately 25% of caregivers felt stressed. Many independent variables related to caregivers, care recipients, their relationship, and social support had statistically significant impacts on caregiver burden. This study also found that caregiver educational level, caregiver family economic status, and the number of other caregivers had significant moderating effects on the correlation between older people’s ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and family caregiver burden. Policy implications derived from those findings were also discussed.

scholarly journals The Association between Family Caregiver Burden and Subjective Well-Being and the Moderating Effect of Social Participation among Japanese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Taiji Noguchi ◽  
Hiroko Nakagawa-Senda ◽  
Yuya Tamai ◽  
Takeshi Nishiyama ◽  
Miki Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Japanese Adults ◽  
Family Caregiver Burden

We examined the association between family caregiver burden and subjective well-being with social participation’s moderating effect among Japanese adults. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey by the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study in the Okazaki area between 2013 and 2017. Study participants included 5321 adults who visited the Public Health Center for annual health check-ups and answered a questionnaire regarding health status and lifestyle. Subjective well-being was assessed by a single item, out of 10 points, and analyzed with multivariable linear regression analysis models by subjective family caregiver burden (“none”, “mild”, “severe”), stratified by gender. Ultimately, 2857 men and 2223 women were included. Mean participant age (standard deviation) in years was 64.7 (10.4) for men and 61.3 (10.0) for women. Multivariable analysis revealed that, among women, higher caregiver burden was inversely associated with subjective well-being (p for trend < 0.001), and the interaction of severe caregiver burden and social participation on subjective well-being was positive and significant (p for interaction < 0.05). High family caregiver burden was inversely associated with subjective well-being among Japanese women, but moderated by the caregiver’s social participation, suggesting the importance of community development that enables family caregivers’ social participation to protect their subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Defining the concept of family caregiver burden in patients with schizophrenia: a systematic review protocol

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Tamizi ◽  
Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab ◽  
Asghar Dalvandi ◽  
Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi ◽  
Eesa Mohammadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Study Selection ◽  
The Family ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Family Caregiver Burden

Abstract Background Since the deinstitutionalization policy, in psychiatric hospitals, the care of patients with schizophrenia was left to their families which has been imposing a heavy burden on them. Family caregiver burden could have consequences for caregivers, patients, and the society. There is very little consensus on the definition and dimensions of the caregiver burden, which leads to a lack of consistency in the results of research. Thus, the present study was aimed to redefine the family caregiver burden of patients with schizophrenia. Methods The databases PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE (Via Ovid), ProQuest, SCI, Magiran, SID, and IranDoc will be searched from 1940 to 2018 using subject headings and appropriate terms in both Farsi and English languages. Also, gray literature and the reference list of included articles will be used to offer an appropriate definition of the family caregiver burden in patients with schizophrenia. Two independent reviewers will participate in study selection, data collection, and quality assessment steps. The result will be presented in tabular form, and meta-synthesis will be performed. Discussion The result of this systematic review will help present the comprehensive definition of the family caregiver burden in patients with schizophrenia according to its evolutionary trend. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42018099372

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