Study on correlation between subjective wel l being of the elderly and caregivers’job burnout in elderly apartments

doi:10.3969/j.issn.10096493.2014.020.011

Abstract：To probe into the relationship between subj ective well being of the elderly and caregivers job burnout in elderly apart-ments.Methods:The memorial university of Newfoundland happiness scale and job burnout scale were taken as the tool to analyze 150 cases of the elderly and 102 caregivers’.Pearson correlation and stepwise regres-sion analysis were used to probe into the relationship between them.Re-sults:The subj ective well being score of the elderly in elderly apartment was (32.73 ± 11.47),which was in the medium level;Caregivers’job burnout score was (4.33±1.23).25.5% of caregivers had mild moder-ate donor fatigue and 74.5% of them had severe fatigue.The elderly sub-jective well being was not associated with caregivers’job burnout scores,but correlated with the dimension of emotional exhaustion and cynicism dimension (P < 0.05 ).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the physical condition,satisfaction to the apartment,family relationships,emotional exhaustion,cynicism and home address were taken into the regression equation.Conclusion:The subj ective well be-ing of the elderly in elderly apartment is in the medium level,and physi-cal condition,satisfaction to the apartment and family relationship dis-cord are the influencing factors of it;there is no correlation between sub-jective well being of the elderly and caregivers’job burnout score,but the attendant bad feelings and cynical attitude can affect the happiness experience of the elderly.Therefore,we should start from the compre-hensive perspective including elderly themselves,apartment manager and health care workers,in order to improve the subj ective well being of the elderly.