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Caregiver Quality of Life: Satisfaction and Burnout

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  • Carolina Blom

    (CPUP—Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal)

  • Ana Reis

    (Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
    CINTESIS—Center for Health Technology and Services Research, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal)

  • Leonor Lencastre

    (CPUP—Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal)

Abstract

Informal caregivers (ICs) of cancer patients play a crucial role in health care. Several of the challenges they face can affect their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study explored role of burnout and caregiving satisfaction in their relationship to QoL. Portuguese ICs of adult cancer patients ( N = 92) answered a sociodemographic and caregiving questionnaire, the WHOQOL-SRPB BREF, assessing physical, psychological, social, environmental, and spiritual QoL domains; the Maslach Burnout Interview, assessing the dimensions of depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment; and a Visual Analogic Scale on caregiving satisfaction. We tested correlations and a parallel mediation model for each domain of QoL, considering burnout dimensions as possible mediators between satisfaction and QoL domains. Our results show that satisfaction, burnout dimensions, and almost all QoL domains are correlated. Together, burnout dimensions seem to mediate the relationship between caregiving satisfaction and psychological, environmental, and spiritual QoL. Satisfaction had a significant indirect effect solely through emotional exhaustion on psychological QoL (β = 1.615, 95% BCI [0.590; 2.849]), environmental QoL (β = 0.904, 95% BCI [0.164; 1.876]), and spiritual QoL (β = 0.816, 95% BCI [0.019; 1.792]). It seems essential for mental health professionals to address these dimensions when providing support to an IC.

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  • Carolina Blom & Ana Reis & Leonor Lencastre, 2023. "Caregiver Quality of Life: Satisfaction and Burnout," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(16), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:16:p:6577-:d:1217155
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    1. Maria Nazarete Costa Catré & Joaquim Armando Ferreira & Maria Costa Catré & Marco Pereira, 2021. "Development and Application of a Short-Form Questionnaire for Assessing Spiritual, Religious and Personal Beliefs Related to Quality of Life (WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF) in Portugal," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(1), pages 241-258, February.
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