Correlation between post-traumatic growth and meaning in life among family caregivers of the disabled elderly in the community
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20210701-02872
- VernacularTitle:社区失能老人家庭照顾者创伤后成长与生命意义感的相关性分析
- Author:
Minjuan XIE
1
;
Lamei YANG
;
Ting YANG
;
Kangjiao XIAO
;
Rui WANG
;
Tianhui YOU
Author Information
1. 广东药科大学护理学院，广州 510315
- Keywords:
Aged;
Disability;
Caregivers;
Post-traumatic growth;
Meaning in life;
Correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2022;28(15):2024-2030
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the status of post-traumatic growth and meaning in life among family caregivers of the disabled elderly in the community, and to analyze the correlation between the two.Methods:From August 2019 to August 2020, convenience sampling was used to select 560 family caregivers of the disabled elderly in the community of Guangzhou as the research object. The General Information Questionnaire, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and the Chinese Meaning in Life Questionnaire (C-MLQ) were used for the investigation. Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analyze the correlation between post-traumatic growth and meaning in life in family caregivers of the disabled elderly. A total of 560 questionnaires were distributed, and 526 valid questionnaires were recovered after excluding incomplete questionnaires and answering questionnaires according to a certain rule.Results:The total scores of PTGI and C-MLQ of 526 family caregivers of the disabled elderly were (49.43±20.43) and (42.96±7.61) , respectively. The total score of PTGI and the scores of each dimension were positively correlated with the total score of C-MLQ and the two dimensions of meaning experience and meaning pursuit ( P<0.01) . The hierarchical regression showed that, after controlling for general data, both meaning experience and meaning pursuit could positively predict post-traumatic growth. Conclusions:Post-traumatic growth of family caregivers of disabled elderly is at low level. Family caregivers' meaning in life has a positive effect on post-traumatic growth. Community workers should strengthen the meaning in life education, help caregivers to effectively cope with traumatic events, improve the level of post-traumatic growth, and promote mental health.
