his research aims to analysis of care burden score for families with bedridden elderly. Working from interviews, we took the 30 symptoms of fatigue (divided I , II, III group) outlined by the Japanese Association of Industrial Health and, using quantification theory I by Hayashi, analyzed the relation between these symptoms and the care providers physical, mental and financial condition as well as with the kind of care. Our results are as follows ; 1) Given that the number of complaint items listed when getting up did not differ significantly from the number registered when going to bed, and that the former was already high, we can conclude that the care providers show symptoms of chronic physical fatigue. 2) Occupation, physical condition, period of care, and willingness to continue were some of the categories that had an effect on the number of complaint items. 3) Using the T-Score to standardize the estimated number of complaint items, we found that, while the score for each group (divided I , II ,III group) studied was near the 50-point standard value, the differences were significant. These results indicate that it is possible to estimate the number of complaint items for individual care providers without having them fill out a questionnaire by working from scores for categories of physical, mental and financial condition, as well as for the content of care. By obtaining a T-Score consistent with the estimated number, we believe we can quantify the care burden experienced by individual providers.
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