Abstract
Purpose : This research examines the frequency of positive and negative care assessment which family caregivers give. Also, it analyzes which factors contribute to both positive and negative assessments. Methods : A questionnaire was administered to 176 family caregivers at home, who scored higher than 3 in a 5-rank nursing care insurance. A positive cognitive care-giving assessment was rated when the caregivers answered that they are motivated for continuing homecare(1-5 score). When the caregivers marked anxiety/insomnia(28 Japanese GHQ), which attest to low emotional health, it was judged to be a negative cognitive care-giving assessment. When the caregivers feel fulfillment, it was considered to be a positive answer, and when they feel burden, it was considered to be a negative answer. This feeling is thought to be a process toward cognitive assessment. Caregiver's attributions, Waki's Family Caregiver Coping Style, feeling fulfillment, and feeling burden, were analyzed using a multiple logistic analysis. Results : 1) High "motivation for continuing homecare" and low "anxiety/insomnia" occupied 29.2% in the total. 2) The group displaying high motivation for continuing homecare showed a correlation to a feeling of fulfillment, while they did not show correlation to feeling burdened. The group claiming an anxiety or insomnia presented a correlation only to feeling burdened. Also, when the results were looked at in light of Coping Style, the group having high motivation for continuing homecare showed a correlation with Point of Problem-Focused Form of Coping.
