Analysis on burden of caregivers of elderly patients with chronic disease and its influencing factors
Abstract：Obj ective:To know about the status quo of care burden of care-givers of senile patients with chronic diseases,to analyze the influencing factors of caregivers’burden.Methods:General information questionnaire of senile chronic diseases patients and their caregivers,and caregivers’bur-den scale were taken as the research tool.And convenient sampling method was used to survey caregivers of a total of 2 1 2 elderly patients with chronic disease.Results:Burden score of primary caregivers of elderly patients with chronic disease was (34.55 ± 17.78).Influencing factors of caregivers’ burden included relationship between caregiver and the patients,the age and course of disease of patients,and family economic status.Conclusion:Caregivers of elderly patients with chronic disease have different degrees of care burden,so society should think highly of the burden of caregivers of elderly patients with chronic disease,and take some positive and effective coping measures.
Keywords：the elderlychronic diseasecaregiversburden
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 2710-2712 )