Caregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness

Several studies have been focused on the quality of life of caregivers caring for patients with exclusively physical or mental diseases, but little is known about the differences related to the burden experienced.This study had as its subject the burden of caregivers and their quality of life involv...

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Autores principales:	Salvatore Settineri, Amelia Rizzo, Marco Liotta, Carmela Mento
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Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2014
Materias:	Caregivers Burden Quality of Life. Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9466a5cdb6444ac791751ff937d101c62021-11-25T02:22:25ZCaregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness10.21500/20112084.6652011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/9466a5cdb6444ac791751ff937d101c62014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/665https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Several studies have been focused on the quality of life of caregivers caring for patients with exclusively physical or mental diseases, but little is known about the differences related to the burden experienced.This study had as its subject the burden of caregivers and their quality of life involved in helping patients with diseases (1) physical, (2) mental and (3) both pathological conditions. We interviewed 294 caregivers of outpatients undergoing physiotherapic, psychiatric and neuroriabilitative treatment. The evaluation was carried out with three instruments: an informative questionnaire, the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and the Quality of Life Index (QoL -I).Results show that both the burden and the quality of life are significantly worse for caregivers who care for patients with both physical and mental diseases. Caregivers most disadvantaged are those who indicate as a reason of care the sense of duty rather than the affection. Finally, the sons and daughters, differently from the parents, showed a greater burden of required time and a lower quality of life.The investigation of the motivational aspects of the caregivers and the increased knowledge of the differences between the emotional experience of parents and children can contribute to the definition of more specific psycho-educational interventions and support.Salvatore SettineriAmelia RizzoMarco LiottaCarmela MentoUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleCaregiversBurdenQuality of Life.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2014)
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description	Several studies have been focused on the quality of life of caregivers caring for patients with exclusively physical or mental diseases, but little is known about the differences related to the burden experienced.This study had as its subject the burden of caregivers and their quality of life involved in helping patients with diseases (1) physical, (2) mental and (3) both pathological conditions. We interviewed 294 caregivers of outpatients undergoing physiotherapic, psychiatric and neuroriabilitative treatment. The evaluation was carried out with three instruments: an informative questionnaire, the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and the Quality of Life Index (QoL -I).Results show that both the burden and the quality of life are significantly worse for caregivers who care for patients with both physical and mental diseases. Caregivers most disadvantaged are those who indicate as a reason of care the sense of duty rather than the affection. Finally, the sons and daughters, differently from the parents, showed a greater burden of required time and a lower quality of life.The investigation of the motivational aspects of the caregivers and the increased knowledge of the differences between the emotional experience of parents and children can contribute to the definition of more specific psycho-educational interventions and support.
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author	Salvatore Settineri Amelia Rizzo Marco Liotta Carmela Mento
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title	Caregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness
title_short	Caregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness
title_full	Caregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness
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Caregiver's burden and quality of life: caring for physical and mental illness

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