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Effects of the Caring burden of Caregivers who manage Dementia patients on the Health perception and Somatic symptoms

치매환자를 돌보는 요양보호사의 케어부담감이 건강지각과 신체증상에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2018.10.02
  • Accepted : 2018.12.20
  • Published : 2018.12.28
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Abstract

This study was a descriptive correlation investigation that assessed the caring burden of caregivers who care for dementia and examined the effects of the burden on the somatic symptoms and health perception. The subjects were 174 caregivers and data collection was conducted from April 1 to 30, 2018. The data were analyzed t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. A Scheffe test was used for post-analysis. The caring burden and somatic symptoms were found to be mid-high and moderate, respectively. The health was perceived to be not good, and the subjective awareness of well-being appeared to be low. The caring burden showed a positive correlation with the somatic symptoms(r=.157, p<.05), and the somatic symptoms showed a positive correlation with the perceived health(r=.220, p<.01). As a result of the study, caregiving burden of caregivers showed the factors influencing their physical and mental health status, it is suggested to carry out research to find out whether there is a difference in burden of care according to the working place of caregiver. In addition, it is necessary to develop a tool to measure the burden of caregivers and to carry out repeated research.

본 연구는 치매환자를 돌보고 있는 요양보호사의 케어부담감을 알아보고, 케어부담감이 신체증상과 건강지각에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 상관관계연구이다. 연구대상자는 요양보호사 174명이었으며, 자료수집은 2018년 4월 1일부터 30일까지 였다. 자료분석은 t-test 및 One-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, Multiple regression analysis을 활용하였으며, 사후분석은 Scheffe를 사용하였다. 연구결과 케어부담감은 "중상", 신체증상은 "중간"수준으로 나타났고, 건강은 좋지 않은 것으로 인식하고 있었으며, 주관적 안녕감은 낮게 나타났다. 케어부담감은 신체증상(r=.157, p<.05), 신체증상은 지각된 건강과 양의 상관관계(r=.220, p<.01)를 보였고, 신체증상과 주관적 안녕에 미치는 영향 요인은 요양보호사 근무동기로 나타났다. 연구결과 요양보호사의 케어부담감은 신체적, 정신적 건강상태에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 확인되었으며, 연구결과를 근거로 요양보호사의 근무지에 따른 케어 부담감에 차이가 있는지를 파악해보는 연구를 수행할 것을 제언한다. 또한 요양보호사의 케어부담감을 측정할 수 있는 도구를 개발하여 반복연구를 수행해 볼 필요가 있겠다.

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Table 1. Degrees of Caregiver Caring Burden, Somatic Symptoms, Health Perception(Subjective Well-being, Perceived Health)

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Table 2. General Characteristics and Differences in Variables to General Characteristics

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Table 3. Correlation among Variables

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Table 4. The effect of Caring burden on Somatic Symptoms and Subjective well-being

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