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Elder Abuse Perception and Caregiving Stress of the Adult Caregivers

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2013;24(3):358-367
Publication date (electronic) : 2013 September 30
doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.3.358
Hee Kyoung Jang1, Hye Young Kim2
1Department of Nursing, Kimcheon Science College, Gimcheon, Korea.
2Department of Nursing, Catholic Sangji College, Andong, Korea.
Corresponding author: Kim, Hye Young. Department of Nursing, Catholic Sangji College, 45 Sangji-gil, Andong 760-711, Korea. Tel: +82-10-3806-5190, Fax: +82-54-853-3260, hye268@csj.ac.kr
Received 2013 July 25; Accepted 2013 September 24.

Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted to identify the relationship of the elder abuse perception with the caregiving stress of adult caregivers and to investigate influencing factors on them.

Methods

Data were collected from 398 adults aged 30-65, and analyzed with the SPSS/WIN program.

Results

In the elder abuse perception, there were differences in age, marital status, education, job, person to be taken care of, age of elderly mother, duration of caregiving, economic status and health status of elderly parents. As for the caregiving stress, there were differences in age, marital status, income, health status, relationship with the elder, person to be taken care of, economic status and health status of elder parents. Influencing factors on the elder abuse perception included caregiving stress, education, marital status, health status of elders, and economic status of parents (30%). On the caregiving stress, elder abuse perception, economic status of elders, and relationship between caregivers and elders were influencing factors (24%).

Conclusion

The results of this study suggest that it is needed to develop a nursing program to prevent elder abuse and to decrease caregiving stress in caregivers. In addition, it should be considered in tandem with significant influencing factors that were found in this study.

Keywords: Aged; Elder abuse; Nursing

Notes

This article is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from Keimyung University.

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Table 1

General Characteristics and Caregiving Characteristics of the Subjects (N=398)

Table 1

CDO.=completely dependent on their family's help; PDO.=partially dependent on their family's help; IDO=independent on their family's help; ETG=enough to give help for their family.

†Economic status of elderly parents.

Table 2

Comparison of Elder Abuse Perception and Caregiving Stress by General Characteristics (N=398)

Table 2

Table 3

Comparison of Elder Abuse Perception and Caregiving Stress by Caregiving Characteristics (N=398)

Table 3

CDO=completely dependent on their family's help; PDO=partially dependent on their family's help; IDO=independent on their family's help; ETG=enough to give help for their family.

†Economic status of elderly parents.

Table 4

Correlation between Elder Abuse Perception and Caregiving Stress (N=398)

Table 4

Table 5

Influencing Factors of Elder Abuse Perception and Caregiving Stress (N=398)

Table 5

†Reference categories in dummy variables; Marital state - 'married'; Education level - 'below high school'; Relation with the elder - 'daughter-in-law'