Health Related Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Dependent Elderly | ||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||
| Volume 28, Issue 1., 2024, Pages 1-7 PDF (861.32 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2023.234839.1411 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa Aly* 1; Fouad M.A. Yousef2; Rasha Abd elhameed3 | ||
| 1Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University Sohag, Egypt | ||
| 2Public health and community medicine | ||
| 3public health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The world has witnessed unprecedented decrease in mortality rates over the past century, which led to dramatic increase in the global population. As a result of the dramatic decrease in the worldwide fertility rates and the progressive increase in the life span, the world witnesses a sustained change in the age distribution of the global population in a phenomenon called population aging. Elderly population is expected to double reaching 2.1 billion by 2050. Elderly are more susceptible to have NCDs which are a major determinant for functional disability. Disabled elderly are those who can't perform one or more of basic ADLs with their own. There is a universal recent trend wherein patients are discharged earlier from hospitals. This creates a great worldwide increasing need for family caregiver. Family caregivers face many challenges and reported higher burden and lower HRQoL scores than their non-caregiver counterparts. Many strategies should be implemented to alleviate stress and improve HRQoL of family caregivers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Elderly; Family Caregivers; Health Related Quality of Life | ||
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