Cerebrovascular Disease Patients on Activities of Daily Living and Family Care-givers’ Anxieties: A Survey of Families of In-patients in a Rehabilitation Center in China

Abstract

[Purpose] To understand the anxieties of families caring for cerebrovascular disease (CVD) patients in China, and to clarify the relationships between their anxieties and patients’ activities of daily living (ADL). [Subjects] The families of 45 CVD patients who were in-patients in a rehabilitation center in China. [Methods] A paper-based survey was conducted. The items investigated were: the basic family structure, the conditions of care provision after hospital discharge, the patients’ background details, and ADL abilities. The relationships of ADL with care-giving anxieties was analyzed using the χ² test. [Results] Toilet and bathroom transfer assistance were found to have significant relationships with the presence or absence of family care-givers’ anxieties. [Conclusion] The results suggest that assistance with transfer activities are connected with family care-givers’ anxieties.