Τίτλος:
Greek Caregivers of Chronically Ill Patients Struggling in Everyday Life
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Background: Caregivers of chronically ill geriatric patients face several problems throughout the disease progression of the patients under their care. This is a prospective crosssectional study conducted from September 2017 to September 2018, including 130 caregivers of geriatric patients from Attica, Greece. Objectives: This study investigates caregivers’ anxiety, perception of changes in their lives, and quality of life. Methods: The questionnaires administered were the revised Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale (rBCOS), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Linear Analogue Scale Assessment (LASA). Results: Influencing factors associated with rBCOS, STAI and LASA were care timespan and energy levels. Only the State Anxiety Scale and the Patient-caregiver Relationship rBCOS questionnaire seemed to be affected by a cancer diagnosis. Conclusion: Our findings revealed that anxiety, low quality of life, and perception of changes in the lives of caregivers are the underlying factors. Significant factors were time spent caring for the patient, the status of their relationship, the diagnosis, especially in life-threatening and life-limiting diseases, and the caregivers’ energy levels. These results are important in order to comprehend the lives of caregivers and assess by what means could the healthcare system and society further assist them. © 2023 Bentham Science Publishers.
Συγγραφείς:
Sotiria, K.
Athina, S.
Maria, N.
Efi, P.
Eleni, T.
Alexandra, M.
Kyriaki, M.
Περιοδικό:
Current Aging Science
Εκδότης:
Bentham Science Publishers
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
adult; aged; anxiety; Article; bakas caregiving outcomes scale; cancer diagnosis; cardiovascular disease; caregiver; caregiver burden; chronic disease; chronic patient; controlled study; cross-sectional study; dementia; disease burden; distress syndrome; energy; female; good clinical practice; Greece; health; human; linear analogue scale assessment; major clinical study; male; malignant neoplasm; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; personality; practice guideline; prospective study; quality of life; social interaction; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; visual analog scale; epidemiology; Greece; quality of life; questionnaire, lipid-associated sialic acid, Aged; Caregivers; Chronic Disease; Greece; Humans; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires
DOI:
10.2174/1874609815666220324161856
