The status and influencing factors of sub-health in inpatient caregivers / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the status and influencing factors of sub-health in inpatient caregivers.Methods A total of 432 caregivers met the inclusion criteria were enrolled.Suboptimal health status questionnaire (SHSQ-25) was used to evaluate the status of sub-health.Sub-health was defined as SHSQ-25 score ≥ 35.100 people undertaking routine physical examinations were enrolled as control group.The incidence and influencing factors of sub-health in caregivers were analyzed.Results (1) The caregivers group valued higher in SHSQ-25score significantly (36.9 ± 8.6 vs.27.5 ± 13.0,P ＜ 0.05).The incidence of sub-health was obviously higher in caregiver group than that in control group (69.9％ vs.39.0％,P ＜ 0.05).(2) A significant difference in the SHSQ-25 scores between female caregivers and male caregivers was observed (37.9 ± 9.0 vs.34.6 ± 7.1,P ＜0.05).The SHSQ-25 score was positively related with age (r =0.578,P ＜ 0.05) and accompanying time (r =0.507,P ＜ 0.05).Parents,children,or spouses of patients got higher scores than other types of caregivers (38.1 ±8.1 vs.31.1 ±8.8,P＜0.05).(3) Among the sub-health caregivers,only 10.9％ of them were aware of their sub-health status.Conclusion The incidence of sub-health may be higher in inpatient caregivers than the general population.Gender,age,accompanying time,and the relationship between patients and caregivers may be influencing factors for sub-health.Effective action should be taken to improve the health status of caregivers.