Subjective burden among elderly formal caregivers
Keywords:
Formal Caregivers, Burden, ElderlyAbstract
Introduction: Several studies have shown that the experience of caregiving can be perceived as a chronic stress for family and friends who provide care for elderly. There is, however, a lack of studies about burden in formal caregiving contexts.
Objective: identify the impact of elderly care on the burden of professional caregivers in two nursing homes.
Methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive and correlational study with 52 participants of two nursing homes from Portalegre district. An adapted version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI) was used to assess the level of formal caregiver burden.
Results: The level of subjective burden is relatively high among formal care givers included in the sample, the average score of the adapted ZBI was 2.31 (in scale ranging between 0, meaning the minimum burden possible, and 4, meaning the maximum burden possible). No statistically significant differences (t(50)=1.401; p=0.167)were found between man (M=2.15) and woman (M=2.34). Also, there were not found statistically significant correlations between the adapted ZBI and age of the caregiver (Pearson’s r=-0.102; p=0.475) and the number of sons/daughters Pearson’s r=0.111; p=0.433).
Conclusions: This results indicates that the nature of the work with elderly people can be an independent variable in relation to burden level. Future studies are needed in order to identify possible relations between subjective burden and the specific characteristics of formal care.
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