1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Family function and family support as to stress-coping of caregivers of chronically ill relatives.
| Project/Area Number |
03671122
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Nursing
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| Research Institution | TOKYO MEDICAL & DENTAL UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYAMA Yumiko TOKYO MEDICAL & DENTAL UNIVERSITY, School of Allied Health Sciences, Associate Professor, 医学部・保健衛生学科, 助教授 (10124405)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HONDA Akiko TOKYO MEDICAL & DENTAL UNIVERSITY, School of Allied Health Sciences, Assistant, 医学部・保健衛生学科, 助手 (90229253)
YAMAZAKI Kumiko TOKYO MEDICAL & DENTAL UNIVERSITY, School of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養部, 助教授 (30200653)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | FAMILY CAREGIVER / STRESS AND COPING / CHRONICALLY ILL |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this investigation was to identify some factors relating to stress and coping of caregivers of chronically ill relatives. We were especially interested in the factors of family function and family support.
According to the review of literature, we found that many of American research focused on spouses as a family cagiver while Japanese research dealt with female family members such as mother, wife, sister and daughter as a family caregiver. Thus, it was obvious that stress experienced by family caregivers in America and Japanese studies was different. However, there was a common feature of subjective burden.
Based on the interviews with 23 family cagivers of cancer patients, it was not clear about the factor of family function. In our research, the factor of informed consent about the diagnosis and treatments was cearly associated with subjective burden of family caregivers.
As to the interviews of 20 family caregivers of schizophrenic patients, we found that family burden of both subjective and objective types was associated with patients' mental status and symptomatic behaviors. It suggested that family caregivers need professional support and advice in dealing with patients' problems at home especially at the time of onset and first episode of illness.
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