Potential profiling of psychological distress in spousal caregivers of stroke patients and correlation with quality of life
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20240102-00003
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中患者配偶照顾者心理困扰的潜在剖面分析及与生命质量的关系研究
- Author:
Huijuan WANG
1
;
Nana LIANG
;
Xiaohui LIU
;
Lingling YANG
;
Xuan DU
;
Ru GAN
;
Haihua GAO
;
Xiaoping YANG
;
Jialing YUAN
Author Information
1. 宁夏医科大学护理学院，银川 750004
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Quality of life;
Spousal caregiver;
Psychological distress;
Potential profile
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2024;40(30):2358-2365
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the potential categories of psychological distress in spousal caregivers of stroke patients and differences in quality of life between categories, in order to provide a theoretical basis for early clinical identification and provision of individualized and targeted interventions for psychological distress in spousal caregivers of stroke patients and improvement of their quality of life.Methods:A total of 207 spouse caregivers of stroke patients hospitalized in three class 1-Grade A hospitals in Yinchuan city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected from December 2020 to July 2021 by convenience sampling method as study subjects. The general information questionnaire, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, and the Mos 36-Item Short from Health Survey were used for a cross-sectional survey.Results:A total of 203 spousal caregivers of stroke patients were finally investigated, 46 males and 157 females with a age of (58.65 ± 9.66) years. Psychological distress among spousal caregivers of stroke patients was categorized into 3 potential categories:no distress group (40%, 81/203), listlessness group (45%, 91/203) and helplessness and restlessness group (15%, 31/203). The psychological distress subgroup was a factor influencing the quality of life of spousal caregivers of stroke patients ( t=-10.03, P<0.05), explaining 33.0% of the variance in quality of life. Conclusions:Psychological distress in spousal caregivers of stroke patients is significantly heterogeneous. Those in the helplessness and restlessness group have the lowest quality of life and should be given focused attention and early intervention.
