2-B EDIZ – Score on experienced burden related to medical conditions and support at home – Social work

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1. Have you done your work or other activities less carefully than you used to because you were so busy with helping? *

2. At the time did you have more trouble than usual to arrange your household? *

3. Were you too tired in your spare time to do something during that period? *

4. Have you become ill or overwrought in the period that you have helped because you have to had many obligations at once? *

5. Did you regularly run out of time during that period? *

Below are a number of statements about how you are giving help can experience. Take into account the moment in the past 12 months on which the need for help was greatest. The intention is to state each of these statements, to what extent it applies to you. Here are the next answer opportunities:

6. On the whole I felt very under pressure from the situation of the person for whom I care. *

7. My independence was in trouble. *

8. The help for the one for whom I cared was too much on my shoulders. *

9. Combining the responsibility for the person for whom I took care of and the responsibility for my work and / or family was not included. *

Now a final question about your health follows. You have the following answer categories:

10. I always had to be ready for the one for whom I cared *

11. Because of my involvement with the person for whom I cared, I felt myself very bound. *

12. Because of my involvement with the person I cared for, I got conflicts at home and / or at work. *

13. The situation of the person I cared for never let me go. *

14. I never felt free from responsibilities. *

15. Has your health increased or decreased as a result of providing help? *

Signs of burn-out, If the disease process extends over a longer period of time or is so intense that full availability of the caregiver is requested, the chance of a burnout is high. Healthcare providers should be in contact with the informal caregiver with a certain amount check regularly whether there are any signals in that direction. The distinction between three stages of burnout can help here:

There are signs of physical and emotional exhaustion such as headache, insomnia or depressive feelings. *

In addition to the above phenomena, there is a negative cynical attitude towards the situation in which one has found themselves . For example, the carer quickly gets angry (at the patient, but also at the caregivers). At this stage, the use of alcohol and psychotropic substances may increase *

There is a total aversion to the situation. This can lead to relationship problems and suicide attempts. *

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