Quelle: Journal of Public Health, 19 (2010) 3, S 269-280
Inhalt: Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of primary family caregivers in comparison to the reference values of the average population. Subjects and methods: Data collection took place in the Werra-Meißner district in 2009 with a response rate of 102 primary family caregivers of frail elderly people. The health-related quality of life was measured with the Short Form 36 health survey (SF 36) and compared with the German reference values. Results: Compared to the health values of the normative sample, primary caregivers show significantly lower rates in all dimensions of health-related quality of life. In particular, caregivers between the ages of 53 to 61 report extremely low health values. Caregiving women compared to non-caregiving women have highly significant differences in all subscales of the SF 36. Caregiving men also report highly significant differences to non-caregiving men in all dimensions of the SF 36 except for Physical Functioning and General Health (p < 0.01). Caregivers in general and especially caregiving women aged 53 to 61 (midlife) were identified as at-risk groups for poor health. The latter report lower vitality and well-being, which may be a consequence of both social isolation and social impacts from multiple role demands. Conclusion: The identified high-risk groups of family caregivers, caregivers in midlife and especially caregiving women in midlife, should be supported by social measures, e.g., training courses for family caregivers, particularly in their home setting, and various types of respite care in order to sustain their health.
Schlagwörter:psychische Belastung; Gesundheit; alter Mensch; family member; Lebensqualität; Hessen; risk; health consequences; Federal Republic of Germany; häusliche Pflege; nursing care for the elderly; psychological stress; quality of life; Auswirkung; Risiko; home care; Krankheit; Altenpflege; Hesse; impact; elderly; gesundheitliche Folgen; gender-specific factors; health; Familienangehöriger; illness; family caregiver; health-related quality of life; SF 36; gender differences
Zur Entwicklung der Hausarbeit: Bericht über das Forschungsvorhaben "Anzahl und Situation der zu Hause lebenden Pflegebedürftigen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland"
Titelübersetzung:Development of housework: report on the research project "Number and situation of people in need of care living at home in the Federal Republic of Germany"
Autor/in:
Häberle, Günther-Fritz; Mettler-von Meibom, Barbara
Quelle: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS); Schulte, Werner; Deutscher Soziologentag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie -DGS-; Bremen, 1981. S 497-507
Schlagwörter:Pflegebedürftigkeit; private household; Arbeitsteilung; family member; outpatient care; Pflegeheim; Pflege; Hausarbeit; compulsory health insurance; housework; Federal Republic of Germany; Entwicklung; Kosten; development; nursing care for the elderly; gesetzliche Krankenversicherung; Lebensalter; caregiving; division of labor; Familie; Altenpflege; need for care; family; ambulante Versorgung; gender-specific factors; age; costs; Familienangehöriger; nursing home; Privathaushalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung, soziale Sicherung, Gesundheitspolitik