Family Practice, 2016, Vol. 33, No. 5, 466–470 doi:10.1093/fampra/cmw062 Advance Access publication 22 July 2016

Epidemiology

Influence of family dynamics on burden among family caregivers in aging Japan Tesshu Kusabaa,†, Kotaro Satoa,†, Shingo Fukumab,c,d,*,†, Yukari Yamadab,d, Yoshinori Matsuia, Satoshi Matsudaa, Takashi Andoa, Ken Sakushimae and Shunichi Fukuharab,c,d The Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan, bDepartment of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health and Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, cCenter for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CIRC2LE), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, dInstitute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan and eDepartment of Regulatory Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. a

*Correspondence to Shingo Fukuma, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; E-mail: [email protected] † The first three authors contributed equally to this study.

Abstract Background.  Long-term care for the elderly is largely shouldered by their family, representing a serious burden in a hyper-aging society. However, although family dynamics are known to play an important role in such care, the influence of caring for the elderly on burden among caregiving family members is poorly understood. Objective.  To examine the influence of family dynamics on burden experienced by family caregivers. Methods.  We conducted a cross-sectional study at six primary care clinics, involving 199 caregivers of adult care receivers who need long-term care. Participants were divided into three groups based on tertile of Index of Family Dynamics for Long-term Care (IF-Long score), where higher scores imply poorer relationships between care receivers and caregiving family: best,

Influence of family dynamics on burden among family caregivers in aging Japan.

Long-term care for the elderly is largely shouldered by their family, representing a serious burden in a hyper-aging society. However, although family...
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