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báo cáo khoa học:" The caregiving relationship and quality of life among partners of stroke survivors: A crosssectional study"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The caregiving relationship and quality of life among partners of stroke survivors: A crosssectional study | McPherson et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 29 http www.hqlo.eom content 9 1 29 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access The caregiving relationship and quality of life among partners of stroke survivors A crosssectional study Christine J McPherson1 Keith G Wilson2 3 4 Livia Chyurlia2 and Charles Leclerc2 3 Abstract Background Since the majority of stroke survivors return home following their stroke families play a pivotal role in their care. Few studies have addressed both positive and negative aspects of this role or the broader construct of health-related quality of life HRQL . Furthermore little consideration has been given to the context of care in terms of relationship quality and reciprocity. The present study examined the relationships between caregiver quality of life HRQL caregiver role relationship satisfaction balance and reciprocity in caregivers of partners who had experienced a stroke. Specific hypotheses were made based on equity theory in social relations. Methods Fifty-six partner caregivers completed a postal survey that included measures of HRQL SF-36 caregiver role negative and positive aspects relationship satisfaction reciprocity and balance. Data were also collected on the care recipients quality of life Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale . Results Compared to a normative sample caregivers HRQL was lower for all SF-36 domains. Care recipient and caregiver age care recipient quality of life and caregiver role negative significantly predicted physical component summary scores on the SF-36 while care recipient quality of life and caregiver role negative significantly correlated with mental component summary scores. Relationship satisfaction and intrinsic rewards of caregiving were found to be important predictors of positive aspects of the caregiver role. Caregivers who viewed their relationship as less balanced in terms of give and take had significantly greater caregiver burden than those who viewed their .