This study explored the variables to influence the stress of the family caregivers providing care for the hospitalized elderly.
The subjects for the study were 104 family caregivers selected from the caregivers in he in patient departments of two major medical centers in Jeonju city. Data were collected from December 18th to 27th, 1995 using a Liker Scale Questionaire and
inter
view. Data analyses included percentage, mean, standard deviation, t and F-test.
@ES Results were following:
@EN 1. The mean of this sample is 21.48, and the standard deviation is ±5.64 in the perceived stress. The major vaiables to influence on the stress of caregivere for the hospitalized elderly were the stay (16-24hrs/day) in hospital(F=7.99,
P=0.006), no
other helper(t=-2.56, P=.012), percieving severely on illness(F=3.90, P=.0232) perceiving moderately on physical health status(F=6.20, P=.0029).
2. Regarding the perceived social support of the family caregivers, the higher support the group perceived the lower stress(F=3.54, P=.0326).
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