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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 83-90.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621. 20210442

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The mediating effect of psychological resilience between caregiver burden and quality of life of caregivers of tuberculosis patients

AN Xin1, LI Yu-zhuo2, ZHANG Dan1, WANG Qiu-shuang1, WANG Jian-mei3, MA Jing-hua1()   

  1. 1School of Nursing, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China
    2Department of Nursing, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050041, China
    3The Fourth Department of Tuberculosis, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050041, China
  • Received:2021-08-02 Online:2022-01-10 Published:2021-12-29
  • Contact: MA Jing-hua E-mail:majh_66@126.com
  • Supported by:
    Key Laboratory for Health Care with Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province(SZX2021025)

Abstract:

Objective: To explore the relationship among the caregiver burden, psychological resilience and quality of life in caregivers of pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Methods: From May to June 2021, the caregivers of tuberculosis patients hospitalized in Hebei Chest Hospital were selected as the research subjects by cluster random sampling method. The maximum number of items in this survey was 25, to assure the sample size to be 5-10 times the maximum number of items, and considering 20% questionnaires to be invalid, the sample size was estimated to be 150-300. The final sample size was 200. The researchers collected general information questionnaire, ZBI, CD-RISC and the FAMQOL. Results: Finally, 200 questionnaires were obtained. After removing 22 invalid questionnaires, the score of caregiver burden of 178 subjects was 36.50±12.77, the score of quality of life was 52.74±9.46 and the resilience was 57.51±15.91. Pearson correlation analysis showed that caregiver burden was negatively correlated with quality of life and resilience (r=-0.463, P<0.001; r=-0.400,P<0.001); quality of life was positively correlated with resilience (r=0.522, P<0.001). Resilience played a partial mediating effect between caregiver burden and quality of life (β (95%CI)=-0.119(-0.176--0.069)). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the patient self-care ability (t=2.985, P=0.003), patients with chronic diseases (t=3.230, P=0.001), the caregiver’s education level (t=-2.146, P=0.033), financial level (t=-2.209, P=0.029), accompanying chronic diseases (t=3.286, P=0.001), and care time (t=2.458, P=0.015) were influencing factors of care burden. Conclusion: The caregivers of pulmonary tuberculosis patients had caregiver burden, medium level of psychological resilience and quality of life. Resilience played a partial mediating effect. Therefore, the caregiver burden in clinical nursing work should arouse attention, and positive psychological interventions can be taken to improve the psychological coping and adaptability of caregivers, reduce the level of caregiver burden, and improve quality of life.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Nursing care, Quality of life, Resilience,psychological, Mediating effect