Relationships between caregiving stress and sleep quality among family caregivers of older adults with dementia in Thailand

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dc.contributor.authorPanawat Sanprakhon
dc.contributor.authorNujjaree Chaimongkol
dc.contributor.authorPornpat Hengudomsub
dc.contributor.correspondenceN. Chaimongkol; Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 169 Longhard Bangsaen Road, Muang District, 20131, Thailand; email: nujjaree@buu.ac.th
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-10T07:35:06Z
dc.date.available2025-03-10T07:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBackground: Providing care for older people with memory loss is a significantly stressful task. The caregiver experienced deterioration of the care recipients regarding their cognitive and functioning abilities, often resulting in the caregiverÕs feelings of distress, stress, and unsatisfactory sleep quality. Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the relationships between caregiving stress and sleep quality among family caregivers of older adults with dementia. Methods: A simple random sampling method was used to recruit participants of seventy-two family caregivers who received care from a community long-term care facility at two primary hospitals in Thailand. Research instruments included the Relative Stress Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, means, standard deviation, and simple linear regression. Results: The study revealed that caregivers had a high level of caregiving stress (M = 49.68, SD = 4.71), and poor sleep quality (M = 12.44, SD = 3.60). Caregiving stress was positively correlated with poor sleep quality (r = 0.54, p < 0.01) with a large relationship. Conclusion: Thai family caregivers of people with dementia reported high stress level and had poor sleep quality. The findings suggest that nurses in primary health care should focus on assessing stress levels and sleep quality as well as improving sleep quality for family caregivers by developing interventions. © 2022 Belitung Raya Publisher - Belitung Raya Foundation. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationBelitung Nursing Journal
dc.identifier.doi10.33546/bnj.2106
dc.identifier.issn24774073
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85135902220
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.dusit.ac.th//handle/123456789/4607
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherBelitung Raya Publisher - Belitung Raya Foundation
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.rights.holderScopus
dc.subjectcaregivers
dc.subjectdementia
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectsleep quality
dc.subjectstress
dc.subjectThailand
dc.titleRelationships between caregiving stress and sleep quality among family caregivers of older adults with dementia in Thailand
dc.typeArticle
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oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.startPage229
oaire.citation.volume8
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