Factors Associated With The Use of Respite Care and The Impact of Respite Care on the Burden of Caregivers

• Main Authors: Yi-HanLiao, 廖翊涵
• Other Authors: Li-Jung Ku
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/udycnn

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 公共衛生研究所 === 105 === The purpose of this study is to find out the factors associated with the use of respite care and the impact of the respite care on caregiver burden. The subjects of this study were disabled elders and their caregivers in the Tainan City Government Long-term Care Service Management Center Database from 2011 to 2015. The Anderson Behavioral Model of Health Care Use was used as the conceptual framework and a logistic regression model was developed to identify predictors of respite care use. The random effect models were used to evaluate the effects of home respite care on caregiver burden. The findings showed that use of respite care was higher when caregiver burdens were higher and care recipient functional status was lower. Factors related to respite care use included caregiver age, caregiver gender, care recipient gender, the educational level of care recipient, and the employment status of caregiver. According to result of the random effect models, caregiver burden scores decreased significantly for the treatment group after receiving respite care and that the caregiver burden scores were lower with more days of respite care.