Comparison in Care Burden, Fatigue, and Life Contentment of Caregivers by Gender Relationship with Demented Elders / 여성건강간호학회지
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
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: 196-204, 2009.
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en Coreano
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done in order to examine the differences in gender respect to care burden, fatigue, and life contentment of family caregivers of elderly with dementia.METHODS:
The setting of the study was a community-based dementia care center providing daycare services. One hundred ninety four caregivers were recruited for the survey. A structured questionnaire was used which included demographic information, care burden, fatigue, and general contentment scales. Caregivers were classified into 4 groups by gender relationship with care recipients.RESULTS:
The majority of the caregivers were middle-aged and elderly. More than twice as many were female rather than male caregivers. The results showed that women caregivers expressed more fatigue than men overall (p< .05). In the gender relationships, a different combination of man-woman appeared to have more burdens than that of a woman-woman group (p< .05). For fatigue, the man caregiver-woman elderly group showed a higher fatigue score than a woman-man group (p< .05). However, there was no significant difference in life contentment among groups.CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that caregiver's gender and gender relationship with elders could be considerable factors when the nurses make a plan in the community for dementia nursing management services.
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Asunto principal:
Satisfacción Personal
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Pesos y Medidas
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Caracteres Sexuales
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Cuidadores
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Demencia
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Fatiga
Tipo de estudio:
Investigación cualitativa
Límite:
Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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