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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

影響台灣長期失能病患外籍看護工壓力之因素

Abstract

Hiring in-home foreign caregivers for long-term disabled patients is common in Taiwan. Caregivers help relieve the stress of caregiving on the patient's family members, and patients who receive care at home can also interact with their family. Caring for disabled patients can be a challenge, and can lead to physical or mental breakdown. This study aims to investigate the sources of burden on foreign caregivers of long-term disabled patients.The scores obtained using the translated Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) represent the level of burden on foreign caregivers. Data were collected and compared using an independent T-test or ANOVA to determine the association between individual factors and the burden on foreign caregivers. Among 55 caregiver-patient pairs, 45 were included in the study because the data on the rest were lost during collection or were incomplete. The following factors were found to cause great burden on foreign caregivers: caregiving for dysarthria patients, caregiving for＜6 months, caregiver being Filipino, availability of vacation and poor ability to communicate in Mandarin. According to the results, the most significant source of stress is the communication gap. Training on caregiving techniques and language skills could help reduce the burden on caregivers and ultimately improve the quality of care.

Language

Traditional Chinese

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1

Last Page

8

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