The moderating role of self-care behaviors in personal care aides of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and work changes for formal caregivers such as personal care aides with an impact on their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the relationships and contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables towards QoL...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-03, Vol.20 (6), p.5177
Main Authors: Pereira, M. Graça, Gonçalves, Ana Filipa, Brito, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Burnout
Caregivers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Epidemics
Formal caregivers
Health aspects
Humans
Infection
Medical personnel
Medical research
Nursing homes
Older people
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Personal grooming
Personal protective equipment
Portugal
Prevention
Professionals
Psychological morbidity
Psychologists
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Self Care
Social distancing
Sociodemographics
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Variables
Working hours
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and work changes for formal caregivers such as personal care aides with an impact on their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the relationships and contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables towards QoL including the moderating role of self-care. This study included 127 formal caregivers from Portugal who were assessed on depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21); professional self-care (SCAP); quality of life (SF-12); COVID-19 traumatic stress (COVID-19TSC) and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors (PCOVID-19 IBS). Professional self-care was positively associated with QoL and also moderated the relationship between distress and QoL (p < 0.001). According to results, nursing homes should provide formal caregivers, such as personal care aides, with the professional support they need in order to promote their QoL and prevent burnout. This study was conducted at the Psychology Research Centre (PSI/01662), School of Psychology, University of Minho, supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Portuguese State Budget (Ref.: UIDB/PSI/01662/2020)
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20065177