Publications by authors named "Chan Cai"
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- The study investigates how family caregivers' feelings of overload impact the quality of care (QoC) for people with dementia in China.
- Perceived overload is linked to lower QoC, with familism and social support acting as mediators in this relationship.
- The findings suggest that addressing familism and social support could improve care strategies for individuals with dementia.
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- The Stress-Coping Model (SCM) needs more research to see how it helps caregivers of elderly people with dementia in China deal with stress.
- A study with 193 caregivers and their family members used different questionnaires to understand the impact of family burdens on caregivers' mental health.
- The results showed that a heavy family burden increases stress for caregivers, but having good social support and positive ways of coping can help reduce this stress.
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- This study explores how self-perceived burden mediates the relationship between perceived partner responsiveness and fertility intentions in women with inflammatory bowel disease.
- A sample of 366 women from Changsha, China, revealed moderate fertility intentions and levels of self-perceived burden and partner responsiveness.
- The results show that a supportive partner positively influences fertility intentions, while feeling like a burden negatively impacts those intentions, indicating a complex interplay between these factors.
Objectives: Numerous studies have demonstrated that informal caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD) have serious adverse psychological problems, but little research has been done on the role of integrating caregivers' various coping resources in reducing psychological effects. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the impact of caregivers' internal (self-efficacy and positive coping) and external coping resources (family function and social support) on the family burden and psychological distress.
Methods: A cross-sectional study, and a self-designed questionnaire, Family Burden Scale of Disease, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Simplified Coping Style Question, The Family Adaptation, Partnership, Growth, Affection, Resolve Scale and Social Support Rating Scale were completed by 193 pairs of PLWD and caregivers.
At present, the incidence and risk factors for dysphagia after extubation in elderly inpatients are still unclear, and we aimed to develop and validate a risk prediction model that prospectively identifies high-risk patients to reduce the occurrence rate of dysphagia. The 469 patients recruited were randomly divided into modeling and validation groups in a 7:3 ratio. In the modeling group, the postextubation dysphagia (PED) risk factors were analyzed, and a risk prediction model was established.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the patients' symptom burden and their family caregivers' benefit finding in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving combined chemotherapy.
Methods: A cross-sectional study on 181 NSCLC patients receiving combined chemotherapy and their family caregivers was conducted at two comprehensive hospitals from December 2021 to August 2022 in China. The patients completed the self-designed questionnaire, The Chinese Version of M.