Abstract
The aim of this paper is to understand the current situation of the care burden of patients with mental illness in remission and the factors affecting it in order to provide a scientific basis for targeted interventions. This paper reviews the concept of telemedicine, the application of telemedicine in home hospice care, and the remaining problems and improvement strategies of telemedicine in home hospice care, with the aim of providing a reference for the application of telemedicine in home hospice care in China. The Zarit Burden Scale, Family Care Scale, and Social Functioning Scale were used to conduct one-to-one interviews with 201 schizophrenic patients in remission and their primary caregivers in Hubei Province. Among them, 66, 72, and 25 cases (32.8%, 35.9%, and 12.4%) had mild, moderate, and severe burdens, respectively. Caregivers' family care and patients' social functioning were generally poor. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that caregiver age, caregiver education, caregiver family care, patient medical costs, and patient social functioning were factors influencing the burden of care for patients with schizophrenia in remission (P < 0.05). The government, mental health centers, and families should understand the level of caregiving burden of patients with schizophrenia in remission and the factors influencing it and provide targeted measures to reduce the caregiving burden.
Highlights
Hospice care is the integration of physical, psychological, social, and humanistic care for individuals of all ages who are suffering from severe health-related distress due to serious illness, especially at the end of life, thereby improving the quality of life of patients, families, and caregivers [1]
Reference [7] has shown that due to the longterm care of patients with schizophrenia, the physical and psychological health of caregivers is not optimistic, and their quality of life is seriously reduced, making them a vulnerable group for mental illness. e aim of this paper is to understand the current caregiving burden of primary caregivers of schizophrenia patients in remission and its Journal of Healthcare Engineering influencing factors, in order to provide a scientific basis for targeted interventions
While telemedicine has been studied to some extent overseas in home-based palliative care (HBPC) patients, it is still in its infancy in China. erefore, this paper examines the application of telemedicine in HBPC in China and abroad. e purpose of this paper is to provide a reference for the application of telemedicine in HBPC in China
Summary
Hospice care is the integration of physical, psychological, social, and humanistic care for individuals of all ages who are suffering from severe health-related distress due to serious illness, especially at the end of life, thereby improving the quality of life of patients, families, and caregivers [1]. Reference [7] has shown that due to the longterm care of patients with schizophrenia, the physical and psychological health of caregivers is not optimistic, and their quality of life is seriously reduced, making them a vulnerable group for mental illness. E application of telemedicine has broken through the limitations of traditional medical care models and has provided HBPC patients and their caregivers with highquality, continuous medical, and nursing care at home. As the scope of telemedicine applications continues to expand, it has gradually been applied to home services for HBPC patients in recent years
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