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KMID : 0922320030100010058
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2003 Volume.10 No. 1 p.58 ~ p.72
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AStudyof FamilyCaregiver’sBurdenfor theTerminallyIIIPatients
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Han Sung-Suk
Yoo Yang-Sook
Ro You-Ja
Yang Soo
Kim Suk-Il
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to describe the perceived burden of the terminally III patients’’s caregiver and to analyze relationship between the perceived burden and the various demographics, illness characteristics, family relationships, and economic factor of the family & patients. The sample of 132 caregivers who care for the terminally III patients Kyung-Gi province, Seoul, Korea. The period of this study was from August to September, 2002. The perceived burden of the family caregiver was measured by the burden scale(20 items, 4 point scale) developed by Montgomery et al. (1985). The Data was analyzed using SAS-program by t-test and ANOVA. The results were as follows; 1. The mean of the family caregiver’’s burden score was 3.02. The score showed that caregivers perceive severe the level of burden. The hight items of the family caregiver’’s burden were’’ I feel it is painful to watch patient’’s diseases’’(3.77). ’’I feel afraid for what the future holds for my patients’’(3.66), ’’I feel it reduced to amount of privacy time’’(3.64). 2. The caregiver’’s burden was significantly related to patient’’s gender(F=3.17, p= 0.0020), patient’’s job(F=2.49, p=0.0476), caregiver’’s age(F=4.29, p=0.0030), and caregiver’’s job(F=2.49, p=0.0476). 3. The caregiver’’s burden according to illness characteristics showed no significant difference.4.The caregiver’’s burden was significantly associated with patient’’s family relationship (F=4.05, p=0.0041), patient’’s care mean period in a day(F=47.18,
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KEYWORD
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Terminallyillpatients, Caregiver’sburden
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