• 대한가정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.61-78
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• 1994

This study was to provide the basis for the development of family life education programs for caregiving families. The data were collected from 374 adult children who were giving care to their older parents in Seoul. Adult children reported experiencing more caregiving problems in the areas of personlities of older parents psychological burden and parents' health than in the areas of caregiver's health and financial burden Women were more likely to experience caregiving problems than men. Adult children indicated higher levels of perceived knowledge on planning for later life psychological characteristics of older parents and keeping good relationships with older parents. They reported more need for knowledge on physical change of older parents and planning for later life while there were less need for knowledge on sharing caregiving roles with others and social service programs. The needs for caregiving education were also identified in the aspects as to participation purposes methods times and agencies. Given these findings this study suggests some practical implications for the development of family life education programs for caregiving families. Further studies should help to advance the development and practice of family life education programs for caregiving families.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.202-210
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe depression, caregiving burden and the correlation of the two variables in the families of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to clarify factors predicting caregiving burden. Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 139 family members who provided care to patients with ALS. The characteristics of patients and families, Korean-Beck Depression Inventory (K-BDI), Korean version of Zarit Burden Interview (K-ZBI) and Korean-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale - Revised (K-ALSFRS-R) were used as study measures. Results: The mean score for K-BDI was 19.39 out of 63 suggesting sub-clinical depression and 38.2% of the family members exhibited depression. The mean score for K-ZBI was 66.03 out of 88. The predictors for K-ZBI were K-BDI, age of family member, length of time spent per day in caring, relationship to patient and K-ALSFRS-R. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that levels of depression and caregiving burden are high among family members caring for patients with ALS. As depression is associated with caregiving burden, screening and emotional supports should be provided to reduce the burden of care for these family. Support programs to alleviate the care burden are also needed, considering family demographics, time per day in caring giving and K-ALSFRS-R.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.1419-1433
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• 1999

Little is known about the impact of family caregiving for the demented elderly in Korea. The purpose of this study was to identify the current state of development of family caregiving research for the demented elderly in Korea and to identify correlates of caregiver or health problems and burdens within the socio-political contexts of Korea. A critical review of 17 family caregivers was carried out. The review revealed that various caregiving impacts and correlates of caregiver burden or health problems have been studied in relation to demented elderly family caregiving. Family caregiving for the demented elderly is a very complex phenomenon and various factors were related to caregiver burden, or their emotional and physical health. Findings from studies reviewed have shown inconsistent, inconclusive, and contradictory results. Furthermore, several conceptual and methodological problems were identified in the studies reviewed: restricted conceptualization, unrepresentative study samples, inadequate sample size, inappropriate study design, absence of comparison groups, inappropriate psychometric properties, and uncontrolled confounding factors. More research, as well as directions for further research, is recommended to identify family caregiving the impact of for the demented elderly, and to clarify the factors that explain results.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.121-139
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• 2017

This study aimed to explore the moderating effect of social support resources on the life satisfaction and caregiving burden of family caregivers taking care of the elderly in long-term care services. The study participants were selected from among the family caregivers utilizing 30 home care centers in Seoul, Korea. Of the candidates who agreed to participate in the study, 250 caregivers who had supported the elderly at home for at least 6 months were selected. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21.0. The study findings were as follows. First, the whole family caregivers' caregiving burden of family caregivers was found to be slightly higher than the median value. More specifically, the physical burden was the heaviest, followed by the family relationship burden, the social activity burden, the emotional burden, and the financial burden. Social support resources and life satisfaction were found to be a little bit higher than the median value. Second, the variables that statistically significantly increased life satisfaction, starting with the strongest effect, were a lower psycho emotional burden, greater informational support resources, a lower economical burden, greater emotional support, a younger caregiver age, a higher monthly income, and a shorter care period. Third, informational support resources were found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between the support burden and life satisfaction. The more the participants used the informational support resource subcategory of the social support resources, the narrower the life satisfaction decrease, even though the caregivers felt a support burden. Informational support resources appear to have a statistically significant buffering effect.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제2권
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• pp.60-76
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to analysis level on family caregiver's burden for the elderly with senile dementia in a rural area and to choose priority care group, thereby facilitating the development of interventions to reduce the caregiver's burden. For this purpose, data were collected by questionaire from June 10 to October 8, 1994. The instruments for data collection were Caregiver Burden Inventory by Novak(1989) and Zarit et al(1982), severity of dementia by Hughes Scales (1982), ADL by Lawton (1971), patients' family caregiving activity by pre-survey and reference review(Lee, 1993 ; Jang, 1990 ; Yoo, 1982). The subjects were 60 family caregiver of senile dementia in a rural area. The data was analysed by the use of t-test, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression. The results were as follows : 1. Total burden was evaluated over average, the mean of family burden was 61.24. 2. Significant variables which were correlated to the family caregiver's burden were the severity of dementia(F=30.52, p<0.001), ADL(F=5.43, p<0.01), PADL(F=6.14, p<0.01), caregiver's health status(F=6.05, p<0.01), a view of patient's prognosis(F=4.08, p<0.05), the number of hours per day spent on caregiving(F=19.64, p<0.001), level of intimacy of caregiver and patients(F=7.16, p<0.001), the frequency of caregiving activity(F=5.31, p<0.01). 3. ADL was the most important predictor to family caregiver burden(R2=0.6611). In addition to this, the severity of dementia, level of intimacy of caregiver and patient, relationship with the patient accounted for 79% of family caregiver burden. 4. The criteria of priority care group were as follows ; the mean of family caregiver burden was above 58, above of moderate ADL, the number of hours per day spent on caregiving above of 8 hours, above of moderate dementia. By the the severity of dementia, number of priority care group, mild dementia was 10(43.4%), moderate dementia 23 (92.0%), sever dementia 12(100.0%).

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing quality of life of caregivers using day care services. Methods: Data were collected from 14 different day care services in D city, with a total of 146 female caregivers as participants. All participants were at home caregivers whose patients were senior citizens older than 65. Data were collected from September 1 to 30 of 2008 and analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: Quality of life among caregivers of day care services differed significantly according to state of health, other caregivers, job, and family income. Quality of life among caregivers showed correlation with caregiving burden. The significant predictors affecting quality of life were state of health, other caregivers, job, and family income and caregiving burden. A combination of these predictors accounted for 43.5% of the variance in quality of life. Conclusion: These findings show that quality of life of family caregivers using day care services is influenced by caregiving burden. Development of day care service programs is necessary in order to reduce caregiving burden of family caregivers for the elderly.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.559-567
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• 2015

본 연구는 루게릭환자 및 그 가족을 대상으로 현재 질환과 관련한 실태를 파악하고 부양부담을 경감시키는 요인과 필요한 서비스들을 밝히는데 목적을 두었다. 연구결과 루게릭환자 및 그 가족의 인구사회학적 특성이나 질환 및 수발과 관련한 요인, 활동지원서비스 관련 요인 어느 것에서도 부양부담을 경감시키는데 영향을 미치는 요인은 없는 것으로 나타났다. 다만 환자와 주부양자의 관계가 배우자가 아니거나, 이들의 학력이 고졸이하인 경우, 질병의 최초진단시기에 따라서만 부양부담에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 제안하면, 현재 제공되고 있는 서비스의 한계를 인식하고, 루게릭이라는 질환에 맞는 의료적 지원과 더블어 개별화되고 전문화된 복지서비스를 함께 지원할 수 있는 융복합적인 정책지원이 필요하다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.701-716
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 치매노인을 돌보는 주가족 간호자의 부담감과 간호만족감 정도를 파악하고, 부담감과 간호만족감에 영향을 미치는 문화적, 비문화적 요인을 규명하는 것이다. 본 연구의 대상자는 서울 및 경기도 소재 13개 치매주간보호센터를 이용하는 치매노인을 가정에서 돌보고 있는 주가족 간호자 112명 이었으며, 설문지 조사를 통하여 자료를 수집하였다. 주가족 간호자의 81%가 여성이었고, 관계별로는 며느리(46%)가 가장 많았다. 주가족 간호자가 느끼는 부담감 평균점수는 49.4 이었으며, 간호만족감 평균점수는 42.3 이었다. 주가족 간호자의 부담감에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 비문화적 요인들인 간호자의 건강상태(β= .421, p= .049)와 치매노인의 기억 및 행동문제(β= .183, p= .041)로 나타났다. 간호만족감에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인은 문화적 요인인 가족주의(β= .466, p= .005)로 나타났다. 치매노인 가족 간호자들의 부담감을 감소시키고 간호만족감을 증진시키기 위한 서비스 프로그램들의 개발과 활용 방안이 마련될 필요가 있다.

• 한국가족복지학
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• 제59호
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• pp.81-112
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• 2018

이 연구의 목적은 거듭 강조되고 있으나 여전히 어려움이 내재되어 있는 성인기 발달장애 자녀 어머니의 돌봄 부담감을 탐색하고, 이를 경감시키거나 완충할 수 있는 가족지원 방안을 논의하는데 있다. 이를 위해 B광역시에 소재하는 장애인복지관 2곳과 종합사회복지관 3곳의 장애인주간보호센터를 이용하는 성인기 발달장애 자녀 어머니 5명을 목적표집법으로 선정하여 개별 심층면담을 진행하였다. 면담자료 분석을 통하여 참여자가 경험하는 돌봄 부담감으로 자녀의 '제자리걸음을 맴도는 도전적 행동', '산 넘어 산과 같은 일상생활 관리의 어려움', '가족 기능 유지의 복병'이라는 3가지 대주제와 이에 따른 소주제 9개, 의미주제 19개를 유형화하였다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 성인기 발달장애 자녀와 그들 가족의 돌봄 부담감을 경감시킬 수 있는 정책적?실천적 가족지원 방안에 대해 논의하고 후속연구를 위한 제언을 하였다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.367-387
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• 2012

본 연구는 고령화 사회에서 점점 증가하고 있는 배우자 부양자의 부양부담과 우울에 미치는 부양자의 심리적 요인의 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 서울과 인천에 거주하고 있고 50세 이상의 배우자 부양자 142명(여자 89명, 남자 52명)을 대상으로 피부양자의 객관적인 요인, 부양자의 인구학적인 요인, 그리고 심리적 요인으로 부양자의 외향성, 신경증적 성향, 부양 전 부부관계 만족, 사회적 지지가 부양부담과 부양자 우울에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 설문을 실시하였다. 부양부담과 우울에 대한 변인들의 영향력 검증을 위해 위계적 회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 부양부담에는 피부양자의 일상생활활동수준과 신경증적 성향이, 우울에는 부양자의 신경증적 성향과 부양 전 부부관계 만족이 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 피부양자의 객관적 요인이나 부양자의 인구학적 요인에 비해 부양자의 심리적 요인이 부양부담과 우울을 더 잘 예측함을 확인할 수 있었다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 부양자의 심리적 요인이 부양경험에 미치는 영향에 대해 논의했으며, 마지막으로 배우자 부양부담 완화를 위한 제언, 연구의 제한점, 그리고 미래 연구 방향에 대해 제안하였다.