Effects of Free Time on Quality of Life in Elderly Caregivers
作者机构：Department of Adult NursingShubun University6 Nikko-choIchinomiyaAichi 491-0938Japan Centre for Community Liaison and Patient ConsultationsNagoya University Hospital65 TsurumaShowaNagoyaAichi 466-8550Japan Department of Community and In-Home NursingNagoya University Graduate School of MedicineSchool of Health SciencesDaiko-MinamiHigashi-kuNagoyaAichi 461-8673Japan Department of Internal MedicineIna Clinic3-111 HirabariTenpakuNagoyaAichi 468-0011Japan Department of Community Healthcare&GeriatricsNagoya University Graduate School of Medicine65 TsurumaShowaNagoyaAichi 466-8550Japan
出 版 物：《Journal of Geriatric Medicine》 (老年医学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第3卷第1期
页 面：26-31页
主 题：Free time Dementia Elderly caregiver Quality of life
摘 要：Caregivers who contribute to health care of their patients are significantly more likely to experience emotional difficulty,physical difficulty,and financial difficulty,than caregivers who do not *** study aimed to examine the effects of free time on health-related quality of life among elderly caregivers of dementia *** the intervention group,caregivers set aside free time every 30 minutes three times a week,while continuing to care for *** the free time,caregivers were free to spend time at home and do whatever they *** control group received only usual *** intervention period was six *** Vitality subscale score of the SF-36 decreased significantly in the intervention group,despite more than half(57.1%)of participants showing improvements or no change in the rank of this subscale relative to baseline,as assessed by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test(not significant).Caregivers indicated that daily caregiving resulted in an accumulation of physical fatigue,and they continued to have little mental *** also had difficulty securing free time,which may have hindered improvements to their *** is a need to develop a home-based program that can alleviate caregiver stress and improve their quality of life.
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