Relationship between Care Burden and Psychological Resilience among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 51, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 691-704 PDF (474.18 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.254439 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salma Bakry Attia Ali1; Ghada Mohamed Mourad2; Hoda Sayed Mohamed3 | ||
| 1Demonstrator of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Doctor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing , Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Dementia is a serious disease that involves progressive losses of cognition, memory, and social function. The burden of dementia is not limited to patients, it also affects the caregiver’s .psychological resilience among family Caregivers effect on the level of burden they experienced. Aim: Assess relationship between Care burden and Psychological resilience among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia. Design: descriptive explorative research design was utilized in this study. Subjects and Methods: This study was conducted on 100 family caregivers of patients with dementia at memory clinic at the institute Al Yassin Specialized Medical Hospital affiliated to the Al-Baqiyat Al-Salihat Foundation, for Dr. Abla Al-Kahlawi. Data collection Tools: data were collected through: three tools; Interview questionnaire, Burden interview scale, Caregiver Resilience Scale. Results: the majority of the studied family caregivers had Moderate levels of Psychological Resilience. While eight of percentage of them had high levels of Psychological Resilience and only three of percentage of the studied family caregivers of patients with dementia had mild levels of Psychological Resilience. Also, more than two fifths of the studied family caregivers had severe level of total burden, and more than one third of the studied family caregivers had moderate level of total burden. While, less than one quarter of them had mild level of total burden. Conclusion: This study concluded that, more than four fifths of the studied family caregivers had Moderate levels of Psychological Resilience. While eight of percentage of them had high levels of Psychological Resilience and only three of percentage of the studied family caregivers of patients with dementia had mild levels of Psychological Resilience. Also, more than two fifths of the studied family caregivers had severe level of total burden. and more than one third of the studied family caregivers had moderate level of total burden. While, less than one quarter of them had mild level of total burden. Also, there were highly significant negative correlation between caregiver psychological resilience and their burden levels among family caregivers of patient with dementia. Recommendations: Establishment of counseling program for family caregivers of patients with dementia to improve psychosocial wellbeing, psychological resilience and reduce feeling of care burden | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dementia; family caregivers; care burden; Psychological Resilience | ||
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