PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which contribute to the burnout of a family member providing care to a family member in the intensive care unit (ICU).
METHODS
Data about participants' characteristics, stress, burden, social support and burnout were collected from March 1 to September 15, 2016. Data were collected through interviews and a self-report questionnaire. One hundred and twenty-three participants who were the primary caregiver participated in the study.
RESULTS
The reported mean stress score was 2.13±0.78 and of reported burden was 3.24±0.27. The mean score of social support was 3.17±0.59 and of burnout was 2.61±0.58. There were significant differences in education level, financial burden, assistant, and health status in burnout of the family caregivers. Burnout had significant correlations with stress (r=.76, p < .001), burden (r=.43, p < .001), and social support (r=-.62, p < .001). The influencing factors on burnout were stress (β=0.63, p < .001), burden (β=0.14, p=.010), and social support (β=-0.32, p < .001). These variables explained 71.8% of the total variance in burnout.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that stress, burden, and social support should be considered in developing the nursing interventions to improve the burnout among family caregivers of the ICU patients.

Citations

• Challenges Experienced by Family Caregivers of the Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients in Korea: An Integrative Review
  JiYeon Choi, Judith A. Tate, Youn-Jung Son
  Clinical Nursing Research.2021; 30(4): 423.     CrossRef
• Influence of Self-care on Burnout in Primary Family Caregiver of Person with Dementia
  Jeong Hwa Kwon, Gwi-Ryung Son Hong
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2021; 51(2): 217.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study aimed at understanding the correlation between self-esteem, death anxiety, and spiritual wellbeing in university students.
METHODS
Cross-sectional method was used 671 students in South Korea. This study used the Self-esteem developed by Rosenberg, the Fear of Death Scale revised by Lester and Abdel-Khalek, and Spiritual wellbeing developed by Paloutzian and Ellison.
RESULTS
Relationships between self-esteem, death anxiety, and spiritual wellbeing revealed an inverse correlation between self-esteem and death anxiety, and a direct correlation between self-esteem and spiritual wellbeing.
CONCLUSION
In order for students of establishing identity to lead a healthy life, there is a need for studies aiming at developing, implementing, and evaluating the results of consultation and education programs for maintaining spiritual wellbeing such as psychological counseling and logotherapy at the university or regional community level.

Citations

• THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUALITY ON DEATH-RELATED DEPRESSION, DEATH ANXIETY, AND LONELINESS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
  Zafer Korkmaz, İlhan Çiçek, Rıdvan Söğüt
  İnönü Üniversitesi Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu Dergisi.2024; 12(3): 872.     CrossRef
• Spiritual Wellbeing of International Students: A New Zealand Case Study
  Mandeep Bhullar, Qilong Zhang, Ke Jiang
  Journal of Studies in International Education.2024; 28(3): 482.     CrossRef
• Prevalence of death anxiety and its related factors in the population of eastern Iran: a cross-sectional study in the era of COVID-19
  Hossein Bakhtiari-Dovvombaygi, Mohammadreza Askari, Mohammad Rahimkhani, Mahboobeh Abdollahi, Mohammadreza Baladastian, Amir Alipour, Mohammad Namazinia
  Frontiers in Public Health.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Examining nurses’ death anxiety and attitudes toward caring for dying patients: a cross-sectional study in Turkey
  Figen İncİ, Kezban Koraş Sözen
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2024; 29(8): 1437.     CrossRef
• “Do Not Protect Us, Train Us.”—Swiss Healthcare Students’ Attitudes Toward Caring for Terminally Ill Patients
  Typhaine Maïko Juvet, Marc-Antoine Bornet, Jean-François Desbiens, Diane Tapp, Pauline Roos
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2023; 86(4): 1190.     CrossRef
• The Relationship Between Authenticity and Death Anxiety in Cancer Patients
  Faezeh Nazari, Zohreh Khoshnood, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki
  OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.2023; 86(3): 966.     CrossRef
• Psychometric Characteristics of the Persian Version of the Revised Fear of Personal Death Scale
  Azadeh Saffarzadeh, Abbas Rahiminezhad, Hadi Bahrami Ehsan, Azam Noferesti, Nazila Shahmansouri, Keyvan Salehi
  Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
• How do digital lives affect resident mental health in the digital era? Empirical evidence based on Chinese general social survey
  Yan Chen, Mengyang Wei, Jaime Ortiz
  Frontiers in Public Health.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
• The relationship between death anxiety and attitudes toward the care of dying patient in nursing students
  Eylem Pasli Gurdogan, Ezgi Kınıcı, Berna Aksoy
  Psychology, Health & Medicine.2019; 24(7): 843.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing the Death Anxiety of the Elderly Living Alone
  Young-Eun Kwon, Seon-Young Kim
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society.2016; 17(3): 262.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the related factors according to gender in baby boomers by using Korea Health Panel Data 2012.
METHODS
The Korea Health Panel Data 2012 were collected from February to August 2012 by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and National Health Insurance Corporation and the data of 1,802 respondents categorized as baby boomers were analyzed for this study. The data were analyzed by t-test, chi2 and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 20.0 program.
RESULTS
For male, the influencing factors on HRQOL were economic activity and smoking. For female, the influencing factors on HRQOL were education, psychological and physical stress, unmet basic needs, and psychiatric drugs. The types of insurance, unmet medical needs, anxiety about the future, depression, and self-rated health status showed statistically significant relationships with HRQOL both for male and female.
CONCLUSION
Health care providers are suggested to consider the founded gender differences in this study when they develop interventions for HRQOL improvement for baby boomers in a community.

Citations

• Latent Class Analysis for Health-Related Quality of Life in the Middle-Aged Male in South Korea
  Youngsuk Cho, Dong Moon Yeum
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2019; 49(1): 104.     CrossRef
• A Path Analysis of Factors Influencing Health-related Quality of Life among Male Adults
  Bo-Kyoung Cha
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2016; 27(4): 399.     CrossRef