Aim

Patients with stroke experience various challenges such as motor and cognitive and sensory problems, which can increase the caregiver burden of family members in long-term care. Understanding the factors related to caregiver burden is important to develop strategies to support informal caregivers. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship of religious coping strategies and family harmony to caregiver burden for family members of patients with stroke.

Method

The sample of this descriptive, cross-sectional study consisted of 181 family caregivers who completed the Religious Coping Scale, Burden Interview Scale, and Family Harmony Scale – Short Form. Multiple linear regression and Pearson’s correlation were performed.

Results

Pearson’s correlation analysis indicated a significant positive relationship between caregiver burden and negative religious coping. A significant negative relationship was found of caregiver burden and family harmony with positive religious coping. Multiple regression analysis indicated that family harmony, amount of time spent on caregiving, and negative and positive religious coping were predictors of caregiver burden.

Given the significant relationship of caregiver burden and family harmony to positive religious coping, future research should integrate religious coping strategies into multidisciplinary caregiver intervention programs to reduce caregiver burden.

中文翻译：

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宗教应对策略和家庭和谐与中风患者家属照顾者负担的关系。

目标

中风患者会遇到各种挑战，例如运动，认知和感觉问题，这可能会增加长期护理中家庭成员的照料者负担。了解与照顾者负担有关的因素对于制定支持非正式照顾者的策略很重要。因此，本研究旨在探讨宗教应对策略和家庭和谐与中风患者家属照料者负担之间的关系。

方法

该描述性横断面研究的样本由181位家庭护理人员组成，他们完成了宗教应对量表，负担面试量表和家庭和谐量表（简表）。进行多元线性回归和皮尔逊相关性。

结果

皮尔森（Pearson）的相关性分析表明，照料者负担与负面宗教应对之间存在显着的正相关。发现在积极的宗教应对下照顾者负担和家庭和谐之间存在显着的消极关系。多元回归分析表明，家庭和睦，照护时间长短，宗教对策的消极和积极是预测照料者负担的指标。

鉴于照顾者负担和家庭和谐与积极的宗教应对之间存在重要关系，未来的研究应将宗教应对策略纳入多学科的照顾者干预计划中，以减轻照顾者负担。