期刊名称：General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovations
电子版ISSN：2397-5237
出版年度：2017
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-5
DOI：10.15761-GIMCI.1000137
语种：English
出版社：Open Access Text
摘要：Background: A wealthy of literature constructed caregiving as a stressful event. This study aims to examine the association between perceived stress and caregiver role by comparing the perceived stress of primary and non-primary adult child caregivers. Methods: Data were derived from the Piety Study, a community-engaged study of U.S. Chinese adult children aged 21 years and older living in the greater Chicago area. Perceived stress was measured by the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale. Linear regression analyses were performed. Results: Primary adult child caregivers were more likely to be employed (χ2 = 4.37, p 2 = 8.23, p 2 = 1.50, p = .68). The caregiver role was not significantly associated with perceived stress (Parameter Estimate (PE) = -.091, Standard Error (SE) = .087, p = .30). Discussion: ‘Healthy caregiver hypothesis’ was supported in this study while we also proposed ‘Wealthy caregiver hypothesis’. As the number of ageing population largely increased in the past decades, a more balanced and updated profile of the health effects of caregiving is needed to encourage more adult children to assume primary caregiver roles.
关键词：perceived stress; adult child caregiver; primary caregiver; Chinese
