tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Combined life satisfaction of persons with stroke and their caregivers: associations with caregiver burden and the impact of stroke"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Combined life satisfaction of persons with stroke and their caregivers: associations with caregiver burden and the impact of stroke | Bergstrom et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 1 http content 9 1 1 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Combined life satisfaction of persons with stroke and their caregivers associations with caregiver burden and the impact of stroke Aileen L Bergstrom1 Gunilla Eriksson1 2t Lena von Koch1 3t Kerstin Tham1 4t Abstract Background Little is known about the life satisfaction of the person with stroke combined with their caregiver . the dyad despite the fact that life satisfaction is an important rehabilitation outcome. The aim of this study was to describe the dyads combined life satisfaction and to understand this in relationship to the perceived impact of stroke in everyday life and caregiver burden. Methods In this cross-sectional study the life satisfaction of persons and their informal caregivers was measured in 81 dyads one year post stroke. Their global life satisfaction measured with LiSat-11 was combined to a dyad score and the dyads were then categorized as satisfied dissatisfied or discordant. The groups were compared and analyzed regarding levels of caregiver burden measured with the Caregiver Burden scale and the perceived impact of stroke in everyday life measured with the Stroke Impact Scale SIS . Results The satisfied dyads comprised 40 dissatisfied 26 and those that were discordant 34 . The satisfied dyads reported a significantly lower impact of the stroke in everyday life compared with the dyads that were not satisfied. As expected dyads that were not satisfied reported a significantly greater caregiver burden compared with the satisfied dyads. The discordant group was further broken down into a group of dissatisfied and satisfied caregivers. The caregivers that were not satisfied in the discordant group perceived a significantly greater level of caregiver burden compared with the satisfied group. Even caregivers who were satisfied with life but whose care recipients were not satisfied reported .