Family burden and quality of life - SpringerLink

Providing care to family members dealing with chronic illness may result in feelings of burden or strain for caregivers that can diminish their quality of. Skiptomaincontent Advertisement SearchSpringerLink Search AbstractProvidingcaretofamilymembersdealingwithchronicillnessmayresultinfeelingsofburdenorstrainforcaregiversthatcandiminishtheirqualityoflife.Thisarticleexaminesobjectiveandsubjectivedimensionsoffamilyburden,andtheextenttowhichillnesscharacteristicsandcontextualvariableshavebeenfoundtocontributetocaregiverstressfordifferentchronicillnesses.Afterdiscussingsomeoftheproblemsintheconceptualizationandmeasurementofcaregivingburden,itsuggestsseveralimportantdirectionsforfutureresearch,includingfurtherclarificationofgenericversusspecificfactorsaffectingcaregiverburden,greaterunderstandingofcontextualvariables,theimpactofotherroles,andexaminingchangesincaregivingdemandsovertheillnesscourse. Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,accessviayourinstitution. 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