scholarly journals Health and Quality of Life of Family and Professional Caregivers of Dependent Elderly: A Comparative Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Noelia Flores ◽  
Cristina Jenaro ◽  
Lourdes Moro ◽  
Raluca Tomşa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Dependent Elderly

The work presented aims to analyze the similarities and differences in health and quality of life of family caregivers and professionals serving seniors in a position of dependency. Specifically, the results presented were obtained from the evaluation of 600 caregivers, of which 33.83% are family and 66.17% are professionals, to determine their burden or stress experienced, as well as their physical and psychological health and their overall, work, family and social quality of life. The results indicate that there are differences between the two groups of caregivers. The family caregivers have higher levels of overload and have poorer physical and psychological health as a result of their tasks. Professional caregivers experience greater satisfaction with life in general and in other factors such as work, family and social relationships. Finally, this justifies the need to implement interventions to improve the health of caregivers.

scholarly journals Health and Quality of Life of Family and Professional Caregivers of Dependent Elderly: A Comparative Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Noelia Flores ◽  
Cristina Jenaro ◽  
Lourdes Moro ◽  
Raluca Tomşa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Dependent Elderly

The work presented aims to analyze the similarities and differences in health and quality of life of family caregivers and professionals serving seniors in a position of dependency. Specifically, the results presented were obtained from the evaluation of 600 caregivers, of which 33.83% are family and 66.17% are professionals, to determine their burden or stress experienced, as well as their physical and psychological health and their overall, work, family and social quality of life. The results indicate that there are differences between the two groups of caregivers. The family caregivers have higher levels of overload and have poorer physical and psychological health as a result of their tasks. Professional caregivers experience greater satisfaction with life in general and in other factors such as work, family and social relationships. Finally, this justifies the need to implement interventions to improve the health of caregivers.

Quality of Life in Employee with Workaholism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozlem Koseoglu Ornek ◽  
Nurcan Kolac
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Occupational Healthcare

Workaholism has been a growing issue among the labour force worldwide. However, there is no consensus between scholars about its definition yet. It might be described as “being overly concerned about work, driven by a strong and uncontrollable desire to work, and spending so much energy and effort on work that it impairs private relationships, personal hobbies/activities, and/or health”. Generally, people with specific personality traits may have an increased chance of developing workaholism. In addition, there are other factors, such as sociocultural characteristics, relationships with colleagues and significant others, and organizational culture might also play an important influence on developing workaholism. It causes many physical and psychological health problems, such as high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and family and lifestyle dissatisfaction, and a reduction in job satisfaction, presenteeism, and motivation. Putting all of this together, it is clear that workaholism has a negative influence on employees’ quality of life and overall well-being. Therefore, this study aimed at examining a variety of approaches to define “workaholism” in related literature, defining its etiology, related factors, outcomes, prevention, and treatment. The PubMed/Medline database was also used for related studies that were published in English. “Workaholism”, “obsessive–compulsive behavior”, and “quality of health” were used as keywords. It is crucial to take action to prevent people from becoming workaholics. Early diagnoses of workaholism, using predictive factors by occupational healthcare professionals in the workplace, would help decrease its impact on workers’ health, and an effective treatment of workaholism should be applied.

scholarly journals DO INTRA-PROXY GAPS EMERGE WHEN FAMILY CAREGIVERS ASSESS QOL FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES?

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S979-S979
Author(s):  
Patricia Egan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health Factors ◽  
Service Agencies

Abstract Dementia family caregivers are routinely enlisted as proxy assessors of care recipients’ quality of life (QOL). This study explored whether prompts to change perspective during QOL assessment could elicit an intra-proxy gap. The intra-proxy gap was hypothesized to be any difference between those assessments made from the caregiver’s own perspective and those made from the adopted perspective of the care recipient, as the care giver imagined it to be (Pickard and Knight, 2005). Thirty-six dementia family caregivers were recruited from senior service agencies. Subjects completed the Quality of Life-Alzheimer Disease (QOL-AD), Caregiver Version under two conditions: First, from an unprompted perspective and second, from the adopted perspective of the care recipient, as the family caregiver imagined it to be. T-testing indicated intra-proxy gaps emerged for eleven of the QOL-AD’s thirteen domains. For these domains, QOL scores were higher when assessed from the care recipient’s perspective, as the family caregiver imagined it to be. The sample was then repeatedly bisected using caregivers’ personal, relational, and health factors. T-testing indicated that family caregivers’ personal factors were associated with intra-proxy gaps across more QOL-AD domains than their relational or health factors were. Three personal factors, being of older age, having more empathetic concern, and having more empathetic distress, were associated with intra-proxy gaps more frequently than other personal factors were. Findings suggest that clinicians should be alert for perspective employed by proxy assessors and for the possibility of intra-proxy gaps. Recognition of these gaps could help improve interpretation of QOL scores.

scholarly journals Relationship between subjective and objective burden in family caregivers of Alzheimer patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Ponsoda Tornal ◽  
Amelia Díaz Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Objective Burden

The aim of this work is to determine the role that social support, coping, optimism, quality of life, resilience and life satisfaction have on the relationship between objective and subjective burden on family caregivers of Alzheimer patients. Method: Participants: 140 caregivers of Alzheimer patients. Instruments: Sociodemographic Data; CBI Caregiver Burden Scale; COPE Coping Styles Scale; DUKE.UNC Social Support Scale; LOT-R, Life Orientation TestRevised; QOLLTI-F, Quality of Life in Life Threatening Illness Scale–Family Carers Version; CD-RISC, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale; SWLS, Satisfaction with Life Scale. Procedure: Implementation of scales in an individual, voluntary, anonymous way, including informed consent. Results: All variables studied produced significant differences between caregivers with high and low subjective burden, except time caring measured in months/years. Relationships between the variables were significant, with the exception of months/years caring and coping styles. Social support, optimism, satisfaction and quality of life have an important mediating role between objective and subjective burden. Conclusions and discussion: Social support, optimism, satisfaction and quality of life have been decisive as mediating variables between hours a day taking care (objective burden) and subjective burden. This result represents a step forward in the analysis and subsequent creation of intervention programs in family caregivers.

scholarly journals Psychological Distress and Quality of Life among Hospital Staff in India during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Lokesh Kumar Ranjan ◽  
Pramod R Gupta ◽  
Nilesh Maruti Gujar ◽  
Shefali Baraik
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Quality In Healthcare

Background: Hospital staff has been constant and at the forefront to provide treatment services to the patient with risk of COVID-19 infection. The fear and uncertainty forced by the COVID-19 pandemic have become a risk for physical and psychological health among health care professionals.Aim: To explore the stress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life among hospital staff working in general and mental health hospitals during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: The present survey was an online study among hospital staff in India. We received a total of 373 responses by the stipulated time from hospital staff - participants with written consent diverted for further study. Socio-demographic datasheet, quality of life (QOL- BREF), depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) were included in the Google form.Results: The results showed 2.4% of depression, 6.3% of anxiety, and 5.9% of stress among hospital staff. Nursing staff, physicians, and lab technicians had higher stress, anxiety, and depression. The result also revealed 4.3% physical, 16.6% psychological, 65.4% social, and 21.7% environmental health had a poor level of QOL in hospital staff.Conclusion: Healthcare workers are stressed, anxious, and depressive while working in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. To sustain and develop quality in healthcare services, physical and psychological wellness programs can enhance mental health and quality of life among hospital staff.

scholarly journals Strategies for Maintaining Work–Life Balance and Their Consequences for Quality of Life and Job Satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e27578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Andersz ◽  
Joanna Czarnota-Bojarska ◽  
Katarzyna Wojtkowska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Roles ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Family And Work ◽  
Work Family

Interest in issues surrounding work–life balance has increased in recent years. Some studies stress the consequences of work–life balance, while others put emphasis on the ways in which people manage to keep the balance. We decided to combine both points of view. The presented study focuses on personal strategies for combining family and work roles and their consequences for maintaining the work–family balance and satisfaction with work and quality of life. There were 289 participants in the study. The instruments used were Work–Family Linkage Questionnaire, Work–Family Fit Questionnaire, Satisfaction of Life Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale. The procedure of adapting the Work–Family Linkage Questionnaire (WFLQ) into Polish was conducted to enable the use of the tool in Poland for the first time. Good psychometric properties of WFLQ were confirmed. The results showed that the individual strategy for combining family and work roles determines the work–home balance, as well as satisfaction with life and career. For example, the amount of negative spillover from home and from work was correlated positively with role conflict and negatively with satisfaction with life, while the amount of positive spillover correlated positively with facilitation and experienced satisfaction with life.

Family Caregivers' Burden, Quality of Life, and Health following Patients' Renal Transplantation

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Newsome Wicks ◽  
E. Jean Milstead ◽  
Donna K. Hathaway ◽  
Muammer Cetingok
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Renal Transplant Recipients ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Improved quality of life and physical functioning among renal transplant recipients have been documented; however, little of the literature has addressed the effects of transplantation on family caregivers. The purpose of this exploratory descriptive study was to characterize the level of subjective burden, quality of life, and self-rated health of caregivers who assist family members prior to transplantation as well as at 6 months following. The study sample included 19 caregivers of 19 renal transplant recipients. In general, caregiver burden, quality of life, and self-rated health did not improve following patients' transplants. In addition, 9 of 19 family caregivers reported increased burden. Because much of healthcare is family-based and greater reliance on family support seems inevitable, further studies are needed to examine the impact of transplantation on the family as well as the impact of the family on patients' posttransplant outcomes.

The effect of the burden of patient care with cancer on family caregivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
Ch Anterrioti ◽  
Victoria Alikari ◽  
M Kelesi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Adjustment Disorder ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
The Family

Cancer is a major problem that affects today's society. Besides patients suffering from this disease, cancer has also a huge impact on the quality of life of the family. This study aimed to investigate the latest bibliography on the effect of the burden of patient care with cancer on family caregivers. Family caregivers face physical health problems such as physical pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances. Moreover, several psychological effects are shown, in which various disorders such as depression are included. Psychological disorders, also, include adjustment disorder, panic disorder, anxiety, and emotional reactions such as anger, frustration, and fear. In the financial sector, caregivers face several problems due to the coverage of medical needs which are reinforced by reducing or stopping their work because of the care burden. At the same time, they are confronted with social impacts in which loneliness and isolation are attributable to the limitation of their social activities. As far as the age group of the patient is concerned, the effects of caring for young patients are more psychological than physical in opposite to the older people. The burden experienced by the family of the cancer patient exhausts family and it becomes necessary to identify problems and assess their needs. Health professionals should strength caregivers with actions such as psychological support, training, and participation in social and supportive programs in order to improve their personal health and quality of life.

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