[Family caregiver's self-perceived health status and its relation to burden].
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study aims to analyze how health is self-perceived by a sample of caregivers of dependant relatives and how it compares with general Spanish population scores. The study also focuses on the relations between self-perceived health and burden. The sample comprised 1,257 caregivers living in Biscay who completed the protocol including sociodemographic data, measures of health-related quality of life (SF-36) and burden (Zarit Burden Inventory). Results show that the health perception of the caregivers taking part into the study reached lower scores in comparison to general Spanish population and that this perception was lower in mental than in physical health. Correlational data supports previous findings indicating that high levels of burden are associated with a worse perception of mental and physical health and provide information on how to guide interventions to improve family caregivers' quality of life.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Pedro Fernández de Larrinoa Palacios, Silvia Martínez Rodríguez, Nuria Ortiz Marqués, María Carrasco Zabaleta, Josu Solabarrieta Eizaguirre, Ignacio Gómez Marroquín
Institution: Universidad de Deusto
Language: Spanish
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1494288452