訪問リハビリテーション利用家族の介護負担感に関連する要因—被介護者の抑うつ状態に着目して

Factors related to the burden of long-term care for families using home-visit rehabilitation: Focusing on the depression of the care recipient

本研究の目的は訪問リハビリテーション利用者を対象に，被介護者の抑うつ状態と介護者の介護負担感の関連を明らかにすることである．被介護者の基本情報，抑うつ度，認知機能，ADL自立度，生活空間の広がり，介護者の基本情報を調査し，介護負担感との関連を検討した．重回帰分析により，被介護者の抑うつ度の高さ，排便管理の自立度の低さが介護負担感の重要な因子として抽出され，介護負担感軽減のための介入には，被介護者の抑うつ状態を考慮する重要性が示唆された．

　The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the depression of the care recipient and the care burden of the caregiver for home-visit rehabilitation users. We investigated the basic information of the care recipient, the degree of depression, cognitive function, the degree of ADL independence, the expansion of the living space, and the basic information of the caregiver, and examined the relationship with the care-giving burden. Through multiple regression analysis, the high degree of depression of the long-term care recipient and the low degree of independence of defecation management were extracted as important factors for the care-giving burden, and interventions for reducing the care-giving burden were performed by the long-term care recipient. The results indicate that it is important to consider the depression of the care recipient.