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- Title
Caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients: a pilot study in China.
- Authors
Yao-Dan Liang; Ya-Li Wang; Zhi Li; Li He; Ying Xu; Qing Zhang; Gui-Ying You; Xu-Hua Mi; Liang, Yao-Dan; Wang, Ya-Li; Li, Zhi; He, Li; Xu, Ying; Zhang, Qing; You, Gui-Ying; Mi, Xu-Hua
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Caregiving burden and depression in family caregivers have been investigated, but little is known about how they affect paid caregivers. The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients.<bold>Methods: </bold>A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital (Chengdu, China) that enrolled 108 paid caregivers who worked in the inpatient department. The Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale were incorporated into a self-developed questionnaire to gather demographic information on the following four aspects: general, work, income, and family.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean total CBI score was 29.7 ± 12.5. The time-dependence burden had the highest score of 15.3 ± 4.0, which was followed by the physical burden score of 6.5 ± 4.6, developmental burden score of 3.7 ± 4.0, social burden score of 3.2 ± 4.0, and emotional burden score of 2.4 ± 3.1. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that a higher CBI was associated with a longer time as a paid caregiver [β=7.041, 95% Confidence Interval (CI):1.935 to 12.974, p = 0.009], lower income satisfaction (β= - 6.573, 95% CI: -11.248 to -3.020, p = 0.001), and higher frequency of meeting with their relatives (β=7.125, 95% CI: 2.019 to 12.456, p = 0.006). The mean CES-D score was 11.9 ± 8.7, and significant depression was found in 28 (25.9%) paid caregivers according to the CES-D score ≥ 16 cut-off. There was a moderate positive correlation between the CBI and CES-D scores (Pearson's r = 0.452, p < 0.001).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>A high caregiving burden was commonly observed in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients in China, as was a high prevalence of depression symptoms. Several associated factors were identified that could be areas for future interventions.
- Subjects
CHINA; BURDEN of care; ETIOLOGY of mental depression; MEDICAL care; HOSPITALS; REGRESSION analysis; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); CAREGIVERS; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; MENTAL depression; MEDICAL personnel; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PILOT projects; DISEASE prevalence; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2017, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-017-4563-6