@article{Eleuteri_Bellanti_Falaschi_2016, title={Hip fracture: preliminary results supporting significative correlations between the psychological wellbeing of patients and their relative caregivers}, volume={64}, url={https://www.jgerontology-geriatrics.com/article/view/173}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background and aim.</strong> Hip fracture is one of the major causes of loss of self-sufficiency in older patients. The<br>associated caregiving rehabilitation task often falls to the lot of a member of the patient’s family. Our study<br>aims at assessing the relationship between the psychological well-being of patients with hip fracture and their<br>caregivers.<br><strong>Methods</strong>. The study was carried-out on 53 elderly patients with hip fracture and their primary caregivers. The<br>Mini Mental State Examination (patient), Activities of Daily Living (patient), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living<br>(patient), Geriatric Depression Scale (patient), Psychological General Well-Being Index (patient/caregiver) and<br>the Caregiver Burden Inventory (caregiver) were administered to each participant.<br><strong>Results</strong>. The results revealed significant correlations between stress levels and the psychological well-being<br>of hip-fracture patients and relative caregivers. In particular, the Caregiver Burden Inventory’s total score was<br>negatively related to the patient’s Psychological General Well-Being Index score (p &lt; 0.05) and with Anxiety<br>(p &lt; 0.05), Depressed Mood (p &lt; 0.01), Positive Well-being (p &lt; 0.05) and General Health (p &lt; 0.05) subscale<br>scores, as well as with the patient’s Activities of Daily Living (p &lt; 0.05) score. Patients’ Psychological General<br>Well-Being Index scores were related to the caregivers’ General Health subscale (p &lt; 0.01), and negatively<br>related to Caregiver Burden Inventory Time Dependence (p &lt; 0.05) and Social Burden (p &lt; 0.05) subscales, as<br>well as with the Geriatric Depression Scale score (p &lt; 0.05).<br><strong>Conclusions</strong>. A mutual relationship seems to exist between a patient’s psychological well-being and his/her<br>caregiver’s burden. These findings highlight the importance of a bio-psychosocial approach to both patients<br>and caregivers.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS}, author={Eleuteri, S. and Bellanti, G. and Falaschi, P.}, year={2016}, month={Sep.}, pages={104-111} }