Open AccessSTUDY CORRELATION BETWEEN BURDEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF DEPENDENT ELDERLY CAREGIVERS IN KLITREN, YOGYAKARTA
Author(s) -
Hana Kristina,
The Maria Meiwati Widagdo,
Teguh Kristian Perdamaian
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of widya medika junior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2656-1409
DOI - 10.33508/jwmj.v4i1.3321
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , caregiver burden , rank correlation , gerontology , correlation , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , medicine , activities of daily living , psychology , disease , physical therapy , dementia , nursing , statistics , geometry , mathematics , pathology , machine learning , computer science
Elderly with disability need caregiver’s assistance in their activities of daily living. The caregiver can experience burden during caring for dependent elderly. The burden can affect caregiver’s quality of life. Objectives: to measure and test the correlation between dependent elderly’s caregiver burden and quality of life in Klitren Kampong, Gondokusuman District, Yogyakarta Municipality. Materials and Methods: The subjects were primary informal caregivers aged ≥ 18 years with good cognitive functions who caring for the elders with ADL score <12. Respondents were selected using consecutive sampling technique. This is a quantitative research with cross-sectional study design. Zarit Burden Interview and Caregiver Reaction Assessment were used to assessing caregiver’s burden. WHO Quality of Life-BREF was used to assess caregiver’s quality of life. Data was analysed using spearman’s rank correlation. Results: There were 21 female study subjects. In each of the CRA and ZBI domains, the caregivers’ burden tend to be low (mean=8.63±10.730–72.42±10.983). Caregivers’ quality of life tend to be low (mean=49.76±11.962–60.76±11.726). There is a strong and statistically significant correlation between the impact on finance (p=0.000, ρ=-0.678) and impact on health (p=0.002, ρ=-0.602) domain on CRA with the environmental domain of WHOQoL-BREF. There is a strong and statistically significant correlation between the impact on schedule domain on CRA with the psychological domain of WHOQoL-BREF (p=0,000, ρ=-0.683). Conclusion: There are significant correlations between caregivers’ burden and quality of life especially on certain domains. Caregivers with higher burden have lower quality of life.