中风病人照顾者抑郁与其社会支持及病人生活能力的相关性研究

目的了解中风病人主要家庭照顾者的抑郁情况，探讨照顾者抑郁与其所得到的社会支持及所照顾的病人的生活能力的相关性。方法选择51例中风病人的主要家庭照顾者为研究对象，采用CESD量表、BarthelIndex量表和社会支持评定量表对本组照顾者及病人进行调查研究。结果本组主要照顾者有54．90％发生抑郁，社会支持得分属于较低水平；有抑郁的照顾者与其所得到的社会支持和所照顾的病人的生活能力呈负相关。结论社区护理人员、家庭和社会应共同关注中风病人照顾者的抑郁问题，加强社会支持度，提高照顾者的生活质量和照顾质量。

The relationships between depression and social support in caregivers and activities of daily living in stroke patients

Objective To find out the depression status of the major family caregiver with stroke patients,and explore the relationship among the caregivers' depression status,social support,and the daily living activities of the stroke patients.Methods Fifty one family caregivers of the stroke patients were selected based on the convenience sampling method and investigated with CESD Scale,Barthel Index and social support scale.Results 54.90% of the major family caregivers of the stroke patients experienced depression;Social support scores were at lower levels.There showed a significant negative correlation between the care.givers with depression and their social support and patient' s dailying life.Conclusions The community nurses,family members and society should show more concentration on the psychological situation of the major caregivers with stroke patients family.We should provide adequate social support and enhance the activities of daily living of the patients to decrease the incidence of depression and improve the quality of care of the caregivers and the patient simultaneously.