title: Multidimensional Caregiving Burden of Female Family Caregivers in Korea.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine a staged theoretical model to explain cultural knowledge-based multidimensional burden of women family caregivers caring for community-dwelling older adults using a modified Poulshock and Deimling model. In the model, the antecedents included elders' impairment in activities of daily living (ADL), elders' cognitive impairment, caregivers' self-efficacy, and caregivers' familism. The perception contained the disruptive behavior burden and social functioning burden of caregivers. The consequence variable included social activity restriction and negative changes in family relationships. The total sample was 157 primary women caregivers caring for community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and older. Instruments were General Self-Efficacy Scale, Family Scale, and Burden Scale. Path analysis was done to analyze the model using multiple linear regression methods. This study showed that impairments of older adults (impairment in ADL, cognitive impairment) and caregiver beliefs (strong familism, low self-efficacy) had an indirect influence on negative changes in family relationship and social activity restriction through the perceived emotional distress.
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Korea ahn57@yonsei.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Yang Heui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yeong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: burden; familism; family caregiver; self-efficacy