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Exploring Caregivers’ Perceived Stress with Their Need-Factors

Authors:
Ah Choo Koo
Sian-Hoon Teoh
Tenku Putri Norishah Tenku Shariman
Peter Charles Woods
Kok-Yew Ang
Wei-Fern Siew
Weng-Ping Chin

Keywords: caregiver; perceived stress; information need; factor analysis; care model

Abstract:
Caregivers face numerous challenges in providing care for a wide range of illnesses and health conditions associated with communicable diseases or non-communicable diseases. Pandemics, ageing populations, environmental health concerns, lifestyle changes, and other factors contribute to health issues, which lead to a greater demand for caregiving. This warrants further research on caregivers’ wellbeing. The study reported six need-factor of caregivers, which are the needs for regular communications, personal well-being, basic healthcare, access to information, coping with change and learning about caregiving. This paper explores these objectives: 1) To determine perceived stress level of caregiving among the caregivers; 2) To determine perceived stress level of caregiving among caregivers based on gender, age, duration of caregiving, and frequency of using internet for information seeking; 3) To determine the relationship of the need-factors of caregivers with their perceived stress level. A total of 84 caregivers responded in a survey by using questionnaire. The t-test, analysis of variance, and correlation were used in data analysis. Findings reveal a normal distributed perceived stress level with a weak relationship with the need for information on caregiving. Caregivers should be able to access and acquire reliable information about the care guides which would aid in the provision and management of care, especially in this unprecedented time due to COVID-19.

Pages: 14 to 22

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2021. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2021

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2660