Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study the relationships between duration in caring, patient caregiver relationship, social support, caregiver health status, caregiver's attitude, and participation in caring. The sample consisted of 110 family caregivers of older person with chronic renal failure and were recuited by using simple random sampling from Peritoneal Dialysis Units, Renal Department from Phamongkutklao Hospital, Ramathibodi Hospital and Rajavithi Hospital. The instruments were Demographic questionnaires, Older person caregiver relationship scale, Social support questionnaires, The Short Form (SF-12) Health Survey, caregiver's attitude in caring for older person scale and Caregiver participation in caring questionnaires and were tested for content validity and reliability. The data were analyzed by using SPSS for window for mean, standard deviation, and Person's product moment correlation. Major findings were as follows: 1. Family caegiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure was at good level (X- = 4.23). The average of Duration in caring was 50.23 months. Patient caregiver relationship, social support, caregiver health status and caregiver's attitude were at good level (X- = 4.05, X- = 3.92, X- = 77.67 and X- = 4.17 respectively) 2. Duration in caring were not related to family caregiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure. 3. Patient caregiver relationship scores were significantly positive related to family caregiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure at level of .05 (r = .41). 4. Social support scores were significantly positive related to family caregiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure at level of .05 (r = .37). 5. Caregiver health status were not related to family caregiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure. 6. Caregiver's attitude were significantly positive related to family caregiver participation in caring for older persons with chronic renal failure at level of .05 (r = .49)