The relationship between caregiver burden and self-care deficits in former rehabilitation patients

Rehabil Nurs. 1998 Sep-Oct;23(5):258-62. doi: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1998.tb01796.x.

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between caregiver burden and self-care deficit in former rehabilitation patients. We hypothesized that as self-care deficit increases, so does the level of caregiver burden. We employed Spearman correlational analysis and stepwise multiple regression analyses; the mean caregiver burden score was 25.9 (SD = 17.1), indicating mild to moderate burden. Caregiver burden was significantly correlated with social cognition deficit (r = 0.438, p = .001), communication deficit (r = 0.430, p = .001), and self-care deficit (r = .426, p = .002). Significant predictors of burden were social cognition deficit (beta = .408, p = .0018), self-care deficit (beta = .322, p = .0100), and caregiver age (beta = .369, p = .0312).

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Caregivers / psychology*
  • Cost of Illness*
  • Disabled Persons / rehabilitation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nursing Diagnosis
  • Regression Analysis
  • Self Care*
  • Treatment Outcome