Characteristics of Male Family Caregivers in Japan and Their Sense of Care Burden, Capacity to Deal with Stress, and Subjective Sense of Well-Being
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50533#.VESiGlfHRK0 Author(s) Sayoko Uemura 1 , Keiko Sekido 2 , Tetsuya Tanioka 3 Affiliation(s) 1 School of Human Nursing, University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga, Japan . 2 Department of Nursing, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan . 3 Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan . ABSTRACT This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was conducted from March...