@article{oai:hirosaki.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005508,
 author = {Murakami, Masakazu and Takami, Akiyoshi and Shimaya, Ai and Makino, Misato and Yoshida, Hideki and Cavan, Shuit},
 issue = {1-4},
 journal = {弘前医学},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The purpose of this study was to clarify the factors influencing caregiver burden 1 month after hospitalized in the convalescent ward by investigating the difference between the expected and actual amount of care provided by family caregivers.
　Thirty-one pairs of care receivers and caregivers were participated in this study. Multiple regression analysis was performed with J-ZBI_8, an examination which the burden of caregiving as dependent variable and information obtained from care recipients and caregivers as independent variables. As a result, the average value of J-ZBI_8 was 6.5 ± 5.3 points. 61% of the family caregivers’ actual care was harder than they predicted before discharge. Results showed that the difference between the expected and actual amount of care provided by family caregivers（β=0.471, P=0.002）, and caregivers’ hours of sleep per day（β=0.404, P=0.006） were related to caregiver burden. In addition, the Functional Independence Measure items of memory, comprehension, social interaction and bowel management, and the frequency of hospital visits were factors relating with the difference between the expected and actual amount of care provided by family caregivers（ adjusted R2=0.460, P=0.040）.
　This research highlights the importance of how to handle symptoms and excretion due to dementia before discharge and increasing the frequency of hospital visits by caregivers, which might help to create a more realistic image of caregiving after hospitalization, thereby reducing caregivers’ burden.},
 pages = {19--27},
 title = {Factors Influencing Caregiver’s Sleep Time and the Difference between the Expected and Actual Amount of Care Provided by Family Caregivers after Hospitalization in the Convalescent Ward},
 volume = {69},
 year = {2019}
}