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Article: Quality of life of caregivers with relatives suffering from mental illness in Hong Kong: Roles of caregiver characteristics, caregiving burdens, and satisfaction with psychiatric services
Title | Quality of life of caregivers with relatives suffering from mental illness in Hong Kong: Roles of caregiver characteristics, caregiving burdens, and satisfaction with psychiatric services |
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Keywords | Caregivers Characteristics Caregiving Burden Hong Kong Quality Of Life Satisfaction With Psychiatric Services |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hqlo.com/home/ |
Citation | Health And Quality Of Life Outcomes, 2012, v. 10, article no. 15 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: The study attempted to explore the quality of life (QoL) of Chinese caregivers with mentally ill relatives. It also aimed to examine the differential roles of caregiving burdens, caregiver characteristics, and satisfaction with psychiatric services in caregivers' QoL.Methods: 276 caregivers with relatives attending community psychiatric facilities in Hong Kong were invited to fill out a questionnaire. One sample t-tests were conducted to compare the results of this study with that of other Chinese populations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the relative influence of different factors on caregivers' QoL.Results: Our sample of caregivers had significantly lower QoL scores than other Chinese populations. Results also suggest that Chinese caregivers who had chronic illness, younger in age, a lower education level, experienced more difficulties in handling negative symptoms, and were more dissatisfied with mental health services had poorer quality of life. Indeed, caregiver characteristics displayed a much stronger association with caregivers' QoL than did caregiving burdens and satisfaction with psychiatric services.Conclusions: This study supports the strong association of caregiver characteristics and the QoL of caregivers and establishes the nature of the relationship between satisfaction with mental health services and caregiver QoL. Implications for future research and practice are discussed. © 2012 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172284 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.140 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, DFK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, AYK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, SK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, SF | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:21:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:21:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Health And Quality Of Life Outcomes, 2012, v. 10, article no. 15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-7525 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172284 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The study attempted to explore the quality of life (QoL) of Chinese caregivers with mentally ill relatives. It also aimed to examine the differential roles of caregiving burdens, caregiver characteristics, and satisfaction with psychiatric services in caregivers' QoL.Methods: 276 caregivers with relatives attending community psychiatric facilities in Hong Kong were invited to fill out a questionnaire. One sample t-tests were conducted to compare the results of this study with that of other Chinese populations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the relative influence of different factors on caregivers' QoL.Results: Our sample of caregivers had significantly lower QoL scores than other Chinese populations. Results also suggest that Chinese caregivers who had chronic illness, younger in age, a lower education level, experienced more difficulties in handling negative symptoms, and were more dissatisfied with mental health services had poorer quality of life. Indeed, caregiver characteristics displayed a much stronger association with caregivers' QoL than did caregiving burdens and satisfaction with psychiatric services.Conclusions: This study supports the strong association of caregiver characteristics and the QoL of caregivers and establishes the nature of the relationship between satisfaction with mental health services and caregiver QoL. Implications for future research and practice are discussed. © 2012 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hqlo.com/home/ | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Caregivers Characteristics | en_US |
dc.subject | Caregiving Burden | en_US |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.subject | Quality Of Life | en_US |
dc.subject | Satisfaction With Psychiatric Services | en_US |
dc.title | Quality of life of caregivers with relatives suffering from mental illness in Hong Kong: Roles of caregiver characteristics, caregiving burdens, and satisfaction with psychiatric services | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, DFK: dfkwong@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, DFK=rp00593 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1477-7525-10-15 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22289443 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84856321017 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 256231 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856321017&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 15 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 15 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000302066800001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, DFK=35231716600 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lam, AYK=42561610400 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chan, SK=55057302900 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chan, SF=7404255215 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 10314234 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1477-7525 | - |