• 대한간호학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.627-640
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• 2015

Purpose: The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effects of family support programs on caregiving burden, depression, and stress in family caregivers of people with dementia. Methods: A literature search was conducted of electronic databases to identify randomized controlled studies with family support programs done between 2000 and 2014. Studies published in English and/or Korean were included for the analysis with search strategies adapted from the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group. Studies were rated for quality assessment by two independent reviewers using the appraisal checklist developed by Cochrane Reviews and Dissemination. Of 8,334 articles identified in the literature search, full texts of 76 articles that met the inclusion criteria were reviewed and 38 were found to include relevant outcomes. Results: Results from selected studies were pooled in statistical meta-analysis using Review Manager Software and heterogeneity between combined studies was assessed using the Chi-square test. Meta-analysis showed that the effect sizes of family caregiver support programs were small to medium for categories of caregiving burden (Hedge's g= - 0.17, 95% CI= - 0.30~ - 0.04), depression (Hedge's g= - 0.30, 95% CI= - 0.40~ - 0.20), and stress (Hedge's g= - 0.39, 95% CI= - 0.52~ - 0.25). Conclusion: The review results indicate that a support programs can assist family caregivers in reducing their psycho-emotional distress.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2009

Objectives : The purposes of this study is to estimate the cost of cancer care after its diagnosis and to identify factors that can influence the cost of cancer care. Methods : The study subjects were patients with an initial diagnosis one of four selected tumors and had their first two-years of cancer care at a national cancer center. The data were obtained from medical records and patient surveys. We classified cancer care costs into medical and nonmedical costs, and each cost was analyzed for burden type, medical service, and cancer stage according to cancer types. Factors affecting cancer care costs for the initial phase included demographic variables, socioeconomic status and clinical variables. Results : Cancer care costs for the initial year following diagnosis were higher than the costs for the following successive year after diagnosis. Lung cancer (25,648,000 won) had higher costs than the other three cancer types. Of the total costs, patent burden was more than 50% and medical costs accounted for more than 60%. Inpatient costs accounted for more than 60% of the medical costs for stomach and liver cancer in the initial phase. Care for latestage cancer was more expensive than care for early-stage cancer. Nonmedical costs were estimated to be between 4,500,000 to 6,000,000 won with expenses for the caregiver being the highest. The factors affecting cancer care costs were treatment type and cancer stage. Conclusions : The cancer care costs after diagnosis are substantial and vary by cancer site, cancer stage and treatment type. It is useful for policy makers and researchers to identify tumor-specific medical and nonmedical costs. The effort to reduce cancer costs and early detection for cancer can reduce the burden to society and improve quality of life for the cancer patients.

• 한국노년학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1147-1164
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• 2008

본 연구는 현재 한국사회에서 급증하고 있는 조손가족의 성격과 경험의 다양성을 탐색해보는 연구의 일환으로 조손가족 조모들이 손자녀를 양육하면서 겪는 어려움(비용)과 더불어 긍정적 측면(보상)을 함께 탐색해보았다. 이에 조모의 양육 보상 및 비용 지각의 수준 차이를 살펴보며, 조모 및 손자녀 특성, 가구 특성, 정부의 지원이 조모의 보상 및 비용 지각에 미치는 영향력을 파악하였다. 또한 양육 보상-비용 지각의 유형화를 시도함과 아울러 각 유형집단이 가진 특성을 고찰하였다. 한명 이상의 18세 이하 손자녀와 동거하면서 주양육 책임을 지고 있는 조모 449명으로부터 수집한 자료를 분석한 결과, 우리나라 조손가족 조모는 양육에 대한 비용을 지각하는 것과 동시에 보상 또한 높은 수준에서 지각하는 것으로 나타났다. 양육 보상감을 종속변수로 한 위계적 다중회귀 분석 결과, 조모의 경제적 형편, 손자녀의 연령, 손자녀의 기질적 특성 등이 유의미한 영향을 미치며, 친족지위, 정부의 도구적 지원 등도 유의미한 영향력을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 양육비용을 종속변수로 한 분석결과에서는 조모의 신체적 건강, 경제적 형편, 손자녀 수, 양육동기가 비용감에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 양육보상-비용 지각 수준을 기준으로 유형화 작업을 실시한 결과, 4개의 유형이 관찰되었으며 가장 많은 수의 응답자가 <보상고(高)-비용저(低)>집단에 속하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 조손가족의 부정적 측면, 즉 높은 비용에 초점을 맞추는 기존 시각을 재검토할 필요성을 제기하는 결과라고 할 수 있으며, 조손가족 조모의 손자녀 양육경험이 다양한 양상임을 시사한다고 하겠다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.461-474
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• 2017

본 연구는 치매를 조기에 관리하기 위한 중재 방법의 일환으로, 초기 치매 노인을 위해 보호자가 일상생활에서 쉽게 적용할 수 있는 전문적 중재 내용을 포함한 초기 치매 노인의 일상생활 참여를 촉진할 수 있는 보호자 지침을 개발하는데 목적이 있다. 델파이 기법을 활용한 연구의 절차는 총 3단계로 진행하였다. 첫 단계는 1차 조사로, 외국의 치매 관련 협회나 정부부처에서 발행한 초기 치매노인의 일상생활 참여 촉진 가이드 전략과 관련된 보고서 자료를 수집하여 지침 항목을 추출하여 번안 및 재구조화 한 후 3개 영역, 128개 항목의 초안을 마련하였다. 두 번째 단계는 2차 조사로, 전문가 16인의 내용타당도 검증 및 항목 삭제, 영역 재분류, 내용 통합, 번역체 수정 등의 작업을 거쳤다. 세 번째 단계는 지침의 완성 단계로, 완성된 지침은 8개 영역, 68개 항목으로 구성되었다: 환경수정 및 보조도구, 일상생활, 건강관리, 의사소통, 심리 정서적지지, 여가활동, 사회참여, 일반적 지침. 또한, 모든 항목은 각 영역 내에서 중요도 값이 높은 순서로 항목을 배치하였다. CVR 평균값은 0.81, 안정도 평균값은 0.15, 합의도 평균값은 0.79이다. 즉, 최종 지침 항목에 대한 델파이 의견이 안정되고, 합의되는 경향의 값을 보였다. 그리고 15명의 델파이 조사에서 CVR은 0.49이상, 안정도는 0.5미만인 경우 더 이상의 델파이 조사를 하지 않아도 되기 때문에 추가적인 조사를 실시하지 않았다. 본 연구에서 개발된 초기 치매 노인의 일상생활 참여 촉진을 위한 보호자 지침은 지역사회에서 거주하는 초기 치매 노인의 독립성을 돕기 위해 보호자 교육용으로 안내하기에 실제적이고, 구체적인 내용을 담은 기초자료로 활용될 것이고, 보호자의 부담을 줄일 것으로 기대한다. 마지막으로, 제한점과 후속연구를 위한 제안점을 논의하였다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.145-160
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to identify caregiving situations and to examine resources for adjustment among family caregivers of the elderly with dementia. Thereby the study can provide the basic information for the development of education programs for family caregivers through in-depth interview. The main result of this study was as follows : 1) The major problems identified by family caregivers I caring for the elderly with dementia were related to care recipient's toileting and to care recipient's confusion and wandering. 2) The family caregiver expressed feelings of burden including chronic fatigue, depression, guilt and frustration. 3) The factors influencing the adjustment of family caregivers for demented elderly were quality of relationship, motivation for caregiving, circumstances of caregiving, social support and coping strategies.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.77-96
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• 1996

The purposes of this study were to understand caregiving situation and to develop education program for families with the demented elderly,. Family caregivers of elderly patients with dementia clearly experience high levels of stress which often leads to such negative caregiver outcomes as depression interference with social activities and health difficulties. That is providing care is stressful for caregivers because the demands of the caregiving situation threaten to overwhelm the caregivers' coping resources. Therfore the families with demented elderly persons need assistances in order to alleviated burden of caregiving, In this study the educational program was designed to increase caregivers' confidence in problem-solving, And it was designed to provided information to demented elderly. The educational program of this study was given 5 session. And it was included the understanding of dementia the family caregiving experiences of the demented elderly persons the time for elf-care the search for helping the improving of interpersonal relations and communications.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2014

Background: In Japan, more than 60% of employees are reported to suffer from anxiety and stress. Consequently, Japanese society has begun to address such important issues as psychogenic disability and job-related suicide. Furthermore, given the aging of society and the surge in the number of elderly people requiring care, it is necessary to adequately and proactively support employees who care for their elderly relatives. The purpose of the present study was to investigate caregiver burden in caring for elderly relatives and work-related stress factors associated with mental health among employees. Methods: We studied 722 men and women aged 18-83 years in a cross-sectional study. The K10 questionnaire was used to examine mental health status. Results: The proportion of participants with a high K10 score was 15% (n = 106). Having little conversation with their supervisor and/or coworkers significantly increased the risk of depression [odds ratio (OR) 1.8], as did high job overload (OR 2.7) and job dissatisfaction (OR 3.8), compared with employees who frequently conversed with their supervisor and/or coworkers. Caring for elderly relatives as a prominent characteristic of an employee was a significant risk factor for depression (OR 2.1). Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that employees who were caring for elderly relatives were significantly associated with an increased risk of depression. To prevent depressive disorders, it may be important to focus on reducing the work-caregiving role conflict, as well as enhancing employees' job control and better rewarding their efforts in the workplace.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2002

The impact of chronic diseases on patients and their families depends on how well the family members cope with it. Therefore, research on strategies for facilitating the coping of the families in a desirable manner is very important. Dementia management strategies refer to specific means families of dementia patients use to cope with dementing illness of their family members. This study was designed to examine type of dementia management strategies utilized by families and to identify factors influencing them. The subjects in this study were 103 conveniently selected demented patients and their primary caregivers who were registered to a public health center located in Chungcheong Province. The subjects were visited by 20 home visiting nurses, and the data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The data were collected form May 2, 2001 to June 2, 2001. The findings of this study were as follows. 1. The most frequently used types of dementia management strategies were active management (M=3.36, S.D=.96), and encouragement (M=2.94, S.D=.99). Criticism was least used type of dementia management strategy (M=2.71, S.D=.99). 2. The factors influencing each management strategy were as follows; 1) The criticism management strategy was most frequently used by the primary caregivers who graduated elementary school (F=3.21, p<.05). 2) The encouragement strategy was most frequently used by the primary caregivers in a case when the patients were in the mild stage of dementia (F=2.76, p<.05), when the patients never had any treatment experiences (F=2.01, p<.05), when the family could afford the provision of treatment for the patients (F=-2.44, p<.050), and when the primary caregiver had a job (t=2.90, p<.01). 3) The active management strategy was most widely used by the primary caregivers who could afford the provision of treatment for the patients (F=-2.31, p<.05) and were in their 70s (F=3.04, p<.05). This type of management strategy was significantly more used by those who discussed the difficulties of caring with their family members (F=3.46, p<.05). 3. The use of criticism management strategies was significantly correlated with the total level of burden of the primary caregivers. But the types of encouragement and active management strategies had negative correlations with the caregivers' burden although they were not significant. Since the findings of this study showed that the criticism management strategy had a significant positive relationship with caregivers' burden, those who are more likely to use the negative management strategy should be identified in future studies. The primary caregivers who are more likely to use negative strategy should be more closely monitored and be focused as the group who should be intervened in future studies.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.778-790
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• 2013

본 연구는 노인요양시설 노인에게 직접 돌봄을 제공하는 요양보호사가 시설노인의 낙상을 예방하고 낙상으로 인한 상해를 최소화하기 위해 노인요양시설의 요양보호사를 위한 낙상예방프로그램을 개발하였으며 낙상예방교육프로그램이 요양보호사의 낙상관련 지식, 낙상관련 부담감 및 낙상예방 돌봄행위에 미치는 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 낙상예방교육프로그램은 4주 프로그램으로 주 1회 80분씩 총 4회 실시하였다. 프로그램 효과를 검증하기 위해 2012년 7월 16일부터 8월 31일까지 C지역의 A장기요양시설 요양보호사 실험군 24명, B장기요양시설 요양보호사 대조군 23명, 총 47명을 대상으로 프로그램 적용 전 후 사전 사후 조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/Win 19.0 프로그램을 이용하여 실수와 백분율, 평균과 표준편차, ${\chi}^2$-test와 Fisher's exact probability test, independent t-test, ANCOVA로 분석하였다. 연구결과, 낙상예방교육프로그램을 받은 노인요양시설의 요양보호사는 교육을 받지 않은 요양보호사에 비해 낙상 예방교육프로그램 적용 후 낙상관련 부담감이 감소하였으며, 낙상관련 지식과 낙상예방 돌봄행위가 증가하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 낙상예방교육프로그램은 노인요양시설 요양보호사의 낙상관련 지식과 낙상예방 돌봄행위를 증진하고 낙상관련 부담감을 완화하는 적절한 프로그램으로 노인노인요양시설 노인의 낙상예방을 위한 요양보호사의 교육자료로서 활용 가치가 있다 하겠다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.81-93
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to develop a continuing nursing care program for cancer patients and the caregivers staying at their home and to test its effects on patients' symptom distress, caregiver burden, and satisfaction of life. The continuing nursing care program was based on the homecare needs of cancer patients, and was provided by three clinical nurses who took care of the patients while they were hospitalized. The program consisted of discharge education about selfcare using education materials(book and handout) and provisions of direct care. These were counselling and education during which visiting patients' home one week after discharge and telephone counseling two weeks after discharge. Counseling by telephone was always available during the research period. A quasi-experimental research design was used to test the effects of the program. Subjects for this study were 53 cancer patients discharged from the hospital and caregivers. These subjects were assigned to an experimental group (n=23) receiving continuous nursing care, or to a control group (n=30) not receiving continuous nursing care. Data from control group was collected first to protect from contamination. Data collection was done from October of 1998 to February of 2000. The collected data was analysed using mean, t-test, and chi-square test computed by SPSS software. The summary of results was as follows: 1) The symptom distress was a little decreased at posttest, but there were no significant differences between the experimental and the control group in symptom distress. 2) The score of caregiver burden was significantly decreased in experimental group at posttest, but no differences in control group. 3) There were no significant differences between the experimental and control group in the satisfaction of life. 4) The score of satisfaction of continuing nursing care program in experimental group at posttest was 2.321 of 3. In conclusion, even though this study did not obtain evidence of effectiveness of continuing nursing care program on patients, such as. It is still expected to be effective by a more improved program. Therefore we want to give some suggestions for further studies. 1) It is needed to make a communication channel with the patient's doctor to response promptly and appropriately to patient's conditions. 2) The research is necessary on patients in terminal stage or early stage of cancer diagnosis who have many nursing needs. 3) It is needed to readjust the roles and job assignment of clinical nurse to implement effectively as a program provider.