Caregiver burden and its associated factors

• Project/Area Number: 23800046
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUSHITA Masateru 熊本大学, 医学部附属病院, 臨床心理士 (30615935)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 認知症 / 介護負担 / Sense of Coherence / ストレス

Research Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the factors whichare related to caregiver’s burden. We, further, examined an association betweencaregiver’s burden and sense of coherence in caregivers to persons with dementia. Resultsshowed the significant associations between age, cognitive function, sense of coherence(SOC) and caregiver’s burden. Caregiver with a strong SOC may be less prone to have burden.These results suggest that application of the concept of SOC might aid in reducing theburden of dementia care.