Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

Hee Kyung Park

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Factors Influencing the Burden Felt by Main Family Caregivers of Elderly Patients with Brain and Spinal Diseases: Hee Kyung Park, Kyung Min Park; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2011;22(4):389-398. Published online December 31, 2011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.4.389

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PURPOSE
This study of this study was to identify factors influencing the burden of main family caregivers who take care of elderly patients with brain and spinal diseases.
METHODS
This was conducted as descriptive research and data were collected from 255 main family caregivers who were taking care of elderly patients with brain and spinal diseases from 4 hospitals in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province. Stepwise-multiple regression was used to identify the influencing factors of burden felt.
RESULTS
As the score of burden felt by the main family, economic, social, physical, interdependent and emotional burdens were high in order. Factors influencing burden felt by main family care givers taking care of elderly patients with brain and spinal diseases were changed relation with patient after hospitalization, daily life ability, marital status, education and family caregiver's personality (explanatory power of 24.6%). Family caregivers felt a heavier burden when their relation with the patient was changed negatively or when the patient's activity of daily living was low.
CONCLUSION
Based on these results, we need to develop coping measures and interventional programs for reducing the burden felt by the main family caregivers of elderly patients with brain and spinal diseases.

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The Effect of a Social Support Program on Family Caregivers' Role Strain in Elderly Long-term Home Care
Mei Hae Oh, Kyung Min Park
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2014; 25(2): 137. CrossRef
The Care Giving Burden of Primary Caregiver based on Nursing Needs of Long-term Care lnsurance Grade
Mi-Kyoung Kim, Dahye Park, Okhee Ahn
Journal of the Korea Convergence Society.2014; 5(3): 7. CrossRef

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