老年期痴呆家属生活质量的探讨

Quality of life in dementia patients' family members

目的:探讨老年期痴呆家属的生活质量。方法:应用36题健康状况调查问卷(SF-36)评定71名老年期痴呆家属的生活质量并与80名健康者(对照组)进行比较。结果:老年期痴呆家属组在SF-36某些维度均显著低于对照组(P<0.05或P<0.01);病程>5年、伴有躯体疾病以及患者的直系亲属SF-36的某些维度评分分别显著低于病程<5年、无躯体疾病以及患者的旁系亲属。结论:老年期痴呆家属的生活质量下降且与患者病情及亲属关系有关。

Objective：To investigate the quality of life in senile dementia patients ′family members. Method：71 dementia patients ′family members and 80 healthy controls completed the short form 36 health survey. Results：The dementia patients ′ family members showed significant lower scores in some subscales than normal group （ P 〈 0.01 or P 〈 0.05 ）. The family members of dementia patients with more than 5 years disease course or with physical diseases showed significant lower scores in some sebscales than those of patients with less than 5 years or without physical diseases （P 〈0.01 ）. The scores of some subscales were significantly lower in the immediate family members of dementia patients than in the collateral relatives （ P 〈 0. 01 ）. Conclusion ： The quality of life in the dementia patients＇family members is declined and correlated with the disease status and relationship.