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Measurement of Health Related QOL in Family Caregivers: The Comparison between Caregivers Using Visiting Nurse Service and Noncaregivers Midori Furuse 1 , Yoshimi Suzukamo 2 , Hiroaki Kumano 3 1Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Uuniversity 2Tohoku University Graduate School 3Tohoku University Graduate School Keyword: Caregiver , Health Related QOL , SF-36 pp.483-488
Published Date 1999/12/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1681900533
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 We examined the Health Related QOL (HRQOL) and the health status in primary caregivers using visiting nurse service. The Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) is a questionnaire that is widely used to measure HRQOL. We compared the SF-36 scores of 75 caregivers with those of 136 noncaregivers in the same community. The results are as follows:

 1) Forty-four percents of the caregivers (vs 17.6% of the noncaregivers) were under medical treatment. In comparison between the caregivers and the noncaregivers both under medical treatment, the former significantly experienced greater fatigue than the latter. The caregivers not consulting doctors significantly scored lower on physical, psychological and social factors than the noncaregivers not consulting doctors.

 2) The SF-36 scores of the caregivers were compared with those of the noncaregivers by each sex and age group. The scores of psychological factor were significantly lower among the caregivers than among the noncaregivers in men under 70 years of age. The female caregivers significantly scored lower than the female noncaregivers in each age group; the female under 50 years on social functioning, the female 50 to 64 years on physical, psychological and social factors, and the female 65 and over on physical factor.

 3) The caregivers complaining of fatigue were significantly poorer in physical and mental health than those not complaining of it.


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