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KMID : 1039620170070020286
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Korean Journal of Family Practice
2017 Volume.7 No. 2 p.286 ~ p.292
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Depression Level among Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients
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Choi Joon-Ho
Shin Byung-Chul
Shin Hee-Eun
Lee Tae-Hun
Son Hyo-Rim
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Abstract
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Background: Recently, there is national interest in improving medicine and quality of life in hospice settings. Patients receiving physical and mental treatment and their family members will require systematic and comprehensive care, including social treatment. In this study, we investigated depression levels and associated factors in family caregivers.
Methods: The survey was conducted based on data from 75 family caregivers of patients hospitalized at the hospital from October 2015 to February 2016. The questionnaire consisted of items regarding general characteristics of the subjects, the Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI), which was used to evaluate depression levels, and Apgar scores of family members, which was used to evaluate function.
Results: The mean age of participants was 58.7 years. Forty-one participants (54.7%) were the patient’s spouse. The mean±standard deviation BDI score was 14.6±7.1 points and 18.7 percent of the participants were suggested to have depression (≥21 points). Depression levels were related to the income (P<0.000) and caregiving hours per day (P<0.001).
Conclusion: About 20 percent of the family caregivers were suggested to have depression. Depression levels were influenced by the burden of caregiving and income. There is a need to improve these factors using training programs, which would enable the patients’ families to reduce their patient care burden by sharing the role of caregiver or by improving other factors affecting depression.
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KEYWORD
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Hospice, Family, Caregiver, Depression
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