照顾痴呆症护理人员:了解COVID-19大流行期间护理人员的压力
Lee Lancashire1, Virginia Biggar2, Meryl Comer2
1Cohen Veterans Bioscience, New York, NY, USA.
Gerontology & geriatric medicine
|July 10, 2023
概括
在COVID-19期间,未获得报酬的阿尔茨海默氏症和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 护理人员面临严重的压力. 到2020年底,近三分之二的人报告了多重压力症状,突出了迫切需要支持的情况.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 超过1600万美国人为阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 患者提供无偿护理.
- 由于关闭和社交距离,COVID-19大流行加剧了未获得报酬的护理人员的慢性压力.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,调查无薪ADRD护理人员中增加压力的频率和模式.
- 分析横截面和纵向数据,以了解随时间推移的压力因素趋势.
主要方法:
- 从2020年3月到2021年3月,对超过1万名个人进行了8次调查.
- 进行了横截面分析,以比较各个调查中的压力水平.
- 对完成多项调查的1,030名参与者进行了纵向分析.
主要成果:
- 到2021年3月,目前的护理人员报告的压力水平比比较组高2.9倍.
- 64%的当前护理人员在最后的调查中报告了多种严重的压力症状.
- 随着时间的推移,观察到压力因素的增加,特定的护理人员群体经历了更大的影响.
结论:
- 在疫情期间,痴呆症护理人员之间出现了严重的严重压力危机.
- 调查结果突出了对ADRD护理人员的公共政策和社区支持系统的迫切需要.
- 需要紧急干预,以应对这一群体所经历的不断升级的压力.
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