TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of caregiver burden, anxiety, spirituality and family relationships on depression among caregivers of hospitalized children
AU - Seo, Ahyoung
AU - Kim, Suk Sun
N1 - Funding Information:
*This article is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from Ewha Womans University. *This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1A2C1087398).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the associations among caregiver burden, anxiety, spirituality, family relationship and depression and to determine predictors of depression among caregivers of hospitalized children. Methods: The participants were 128 caregivers of hospitalized children. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with SPSS ver. 27. Results: Depression was significantly positively associated with caregiver burden, anxiety and negatively associated with family relationships. Multiple regression analysis revealed that caregiver burden, anxiety, family relationship, and being 6 months or more post diagnosis were significant factors having an explanation power of approximately 56% of the variance in depression. Conclusion: Our study findings show that it is necessary to develop strategies to reinforce family relationship and reduce caregiver burden to prevent caregiver depression.
AB - Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the associations among caregiver burden, anxiety, spirituality, family relationship and depression and to determine predictors of depression among caregivers of hospitalized children. Methods: The participants were 128 caregivers of hospitalized children. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with SPSS ver. 27. Results: Depression was significantly positively associated with caregiver burden, anxiety and negatively associated with family relationships. Multiple regression analysis revealed that caregiver burden, anxiety, family relationship, and being 6 months or more post diagnosis were significant factors having an explanation power of approximately 56% of the variance in depression. Conclusion: Our study findings show that it is necessary to develop strategies to reinforce family relationship and reduce caregiver burden to prevent caregiver depression.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Burden of illness
KW - Depression
KW - Family Relationships
KW - Spirituality
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U2 - 10.7739/JKAFN.2021.28.3.353
DO - 10.7739/JKAFN.2021.28.3.353
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114752799
VL - 28
SP - 353
EP - 360
JO - Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
JF - Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
SN - 1225-9012
IS - 3
ER -