ArticlePatient preference and adherence2020
Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Adolescents with Depression in China: A Mixed-Method Study.
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- Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Primary Caregivers of People Living with Mental Illness in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Caregiving burden, depression, and anxiety in informal caregivers of people with mental illness in China: a cross-sectional survey.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Family Functioning, Emotional Intelligence, Loneliness, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms among Undergraduate Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of E-Learning Materials on Caregivers' Knowledge about the 3Ds of Geriatric Psychiatry.Acta medica Philippina · 2024Article
- Family Resilience Progress from the Perspective of Parents of Adolescents with Depression: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Factors related to the quality of life of family cancer caregivers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeIn this study, we investigated quantitatively the quality of life (QoL) and its influencing factors among Chinese family caregivers who care for adolescents with depression (AWD) and we explored qualitatively their care-giving experiences.
methodsThe study was a mixed method with convergent parallel design. The sociodemographic characteristics, QoL, caregivers' burden, family functioning, positive and negative affects were assessed by using questionnaires on 240 family caregivers of AWD in China. Twelve of these family caregivers were interviewed by using a semi-structured guide to explore their care-giving experiences.
resultsThe mean score among family caregivers of AWD for physical QoL was 65.18 and 59.42 for mental QoL, which was significantly lower than the Chinese norms for QoL. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that course of disease of AWD, caregivers' educational qualification, family functioning, positive affect and care-giving burden accounted for 57% of the variance in physical QoL. Suicide history of AWD, caregivers' educational qualification, negative affect, positive affect, care-giving burden and family functioning accounted for 54% of the variance in mental QoL. Four major themes of the care-giving experiences emerged: lack of knowledge about depression, being overwhelmed emotionally with psychological burden, the devastating impact of illness on family, and the perceived benefits of care-giving.
conclusionThe QoL among family caregivers of AWD in China was low. It is necessary for health-care professionals to pay more attention to the QoL of family caregivers who care for AWD.
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