Associations Between Informal Caregivers’ Burden and Educational Level

M. Oedekoven, K. Amin-Kotb, P. Gellert, K. Balke, A. Kuhlmey, S. Schnitzer
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We investigated the association between the education of informal caregivers’ (IC) and their physical and mental burden. We hypothesized that better-educated IC would have more resources available to manage the care situation and as a result show lower perceived burden. We conducted a population survey of 6,087 German residents aged 18+ years, 966 of whom reported to be IC. Results show that IC felt more often mentally than physically burdened. In the multivariate analyses, higher-educated IC did not have lower odds of feeling physically burdened than lower-educated IC, though they did have increased odds of feeling mentally burdened. The higher perceived mental burden of higher-educated IC may be related to fear of loss of self-fulfilment and autonomy. Support services should consider the mental burden of higher-educated IC and tailor their interventions accordingly.
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非正式照顾者负担与受教育程度的关系
我们调查了非正式照顾者(IC)的教育与其身心负担之间的关系。我们假设,受过良好教育的家庭护理人员将有更多的资源来管理护理情况,从而显示出更低的感知负担。我们对6087名18岁以上的德国居民进行了人口调查,其中966人报告为IC。结果表明IC更多的是精神上的负担而不是身体上的负担。在多变量分析中,高学历的IC并不比低学历的IC感到身体负担的几率低,尽管他们感到精神负担的几率确实增加了。高学历IC的心理负担较高可能与害怕丧失自我实现和自主性有关。支持服务应考虑到高学历儿童的精神负担,并相应地调整其干预措施。
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