Associations between caregiver burden and care receivers' sharing ratio of household tasks among spousal caregivers.
Geriatr Gerontol Int
; 23(8): 616-621, 2023 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
We assessed care receivers' sharing ratios of household tasks before they required care and investigated their relationship with caregiver burden.METHODS:
A cross-sectional, online survey was completed by 272 spousal caregivers in Japan. Caregiver burden was assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview. Low and moderate-to-high caregiver burdens were defined as those with scores ≤40 and ≥41, respectively. Additionally, caregiver responses to, "How much did your partner contribute to household tasks before the onset of their condition that needed care?" were scored on a 10-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 10. We defined answers that scored 1-4 as a low sharing ratio and those that scored 5-10 as a high sharing ratio of household tasks of care receivers before developing a condition that required care.RESULTS:
Among the husband and wife caregivers, moderate-to-high caregiver burden in 33 (25.0%) and 48 (34.3%) caregivers, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that among the husband caregivers, the high sharing ratio of household tasks of their wives before developing a condition that required care was significantly associated with their caregiver burden (OR 4.55, 95% CI 1.20-17.27); however, no such association was observed among the wife caregivers (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.37-2.29).CONCLUSIONS:
Among husband, but not wife caregivers, the high sharing ratio of household tasks of their wives before they required care was significantly associated with their caregiver burden. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; 23 616-621.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidadores
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Sobrecarga do Cuidador
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article