Caregiver fatigue in aging society:a conceptual analysis
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2025.09.011
- VernacularTitle:基于老龄化社会背景下照顾者疲乏的概念分析
- Author:
Shuhui LIU
1
;
Haixin ZHAI
;
Wei LI
;
Sihua WEI
;
Xinyi YANG
;
Aimin GUO
Author Information
1. 北京协和医院保健医疗部,北京,100730
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
population aging;
caregiver fatigue;
conceptual analysis
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2025;24(9):84-90
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To clarify the concept of caregiver fatigue in an aging society and to provide references in the elderly people nursing.Methods Literature on caregiver fatigue was systematically retrieved from databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),Wanfang Data,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,PubMed,EMbase,Scopus,and Web of Science from the inception to June 15th 2024.Walker and Avant's framework for concept analysis was performed to analyse the retrieved literature.Results Forty-one papers were included in the study.Caregiver fatigue was identified to comprise of five defining attributes:simultaneous physical and psychological burden,subjective perception,changing over time,negative impact arising from caregiving,and negative impact on both caregivers and care recipients.Antecedents included three perspectives:caregiver-related,care-recipient-related and environmental,The consequences included an impact on both the caregiver and the person being cared for.Empirical assessment indicators of fatigue include the checklist individual strength(CIS)and the fatigue assessment instrument(FAI)and fatigue scale-14(FS-14,FS-14).Conclusion Walker and Avant's conceptual analysis identifies five attributes of caregiver fatigue.Nurses should pay attention to and evaluate the degree of caregiver fatigue from multiple perspectives,thereby effectively identifying and intervening in the fatigue as early as possible.
