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ប្រភពដកស្រង់ៈ សាកលវិទ្យាល័យអស្សហ្វឺត( Universit of Oxford )

សេចក្តីសង្ខេបៈ បើតាមការស្រាវជ្រាវថ្មីបានឲ្យដឹងថា បុរសមានទំនួលខុសត្រូសចំពោះជម្ងឺប្តីប្រពន្ធរបស់ខ្លួន បានច្រើនដូចស្រ្តីភេទ នឹងផ្តល់លទ្ធផលជាអ្នកមើលថែបានយ៉ាងល្អប្រសើរ ជាងការធ្វើការស្រាវជ្រាវលើកមុន។

សិក្សា ដែលបានបោះពុម្ពក្នុង អត្ថបទ ទស្សនាវដ្តីនៃភាពចាស់ជរា (Journals of Gerontology) ស៊េរី B ជាពត៌មានល្អៗសម្រាប់សេវាកម្មថែទាំយុវវ័យដែលចេះតែពង្រីកជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ និងដែលមានការទុកចិត្តពីក្រុមគ្រួសារ ប្តីប្រពន្ធ ទាំងឡាយ ចំពោះការគាំទ្រនេះ។ ដោយមានការសហការពីសាកសវិទ្យាល័យ ពីនស៊ីលវ៉ាន្យា(the University of Pennsylvania) ការស្រាជ្រាវមានសភាពផ្ទុយពីការស្រាវជ្រាវកាលមុនន ទៅលើការរថែទាំប្តីប្រពន្ធ បានឃើញថា អ្នកថែទាំជាស្រ្តីជាអ្នកដែលមានទំនួលខុសត្រូវច្រើនជាង។ ទោះជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយលទ្ធផលថ្មីនេះ បង្ហាញឲ្យឃើញថា បុរស មានទំនួលខុសចំពោះជម្ងឺភាពរបស់ដៃគូរខ្លួន ដែលជាស្រ្តី។

ការប្រើប្រាស់ទិន្នន័យពីអ្នកសិក្សាខាងសង្គមកិច្ចអាឡឺម៉ង ដែលការសិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវបានអនុវត្តន៍ ដោយលោកបណ្ឌិត ឡង់ណេ នៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យអស្សហ្វឺត និងសាស្រ្តាចារ្យ ហ្វ្រេង ហ្វឺស្ទេនបើហ្គ នៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ពីនស៊ីលវ៉ាន្យា ដោយបានផ្តោតលើការស្រាវជ្រាវប្តីប្រពន្ធប្រមាណ ៥៣៨គូរ ក្នុងប្រទេសអាឡឺម៉ង់ មានអាយុជាមធ្យម ៦៩ឆ្នាំ

The study, published in Journals of Gerontology, Series B, is good news for our increasingly stretched adult care services, which have become more reliant on patients' family and spouses for support. Conducted with peers from the University of Pennsylvania, the research sits in contrast to previous studies on spousal caregiving, which found that female caregivers tend to be more responsive. However, the new results reveal that men are just as responsive to a partner's illness, as women.

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, the research carried out by Dr Langner of Oxford University and Professor Frank Furstenberg of the University of Pennsylvania, focused on 538 couples in Germany with an average age of 69, where one of them had developed the need for spousal care, between 2001-2015, and looked at how caregivers adjusted their hours in response to the new care need: whether directly responding to their physical needs or performing errands and housework.

The findings show that men increased their care hours as much as women did, resulting in similar levels of care once their partner became ill. These similarities were particularly pronounced when a spouse was deemed severely ill, when there was little to no difference in the level of care given.

Perhaps surprisingly, when their spouse is severely ill, men also increase the time they spend on housework and errands, more than women. However, at lower levels of spousal care need -- when a spouse is only slightly unwell, women still spend more time doing housework and errands than men -- because they already did more housework and errands prior to the disease onset.

There were also significant differences in levels of care given, for couples where the spouse was only unofficially seen to be 'in need of care'. However, these differences disappeared in homes where no other household help was provided, when regardless of gender, male or female, spouses stepped up to care for each other.

Dr Laura Langner, Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and ESRC Future Research Leader, said: 'Our results suggest that gender differences in spousal caregiving in old age are not as pronounced as previously thought. Past studies had numerous limitations, which we could overcome with our data.

'We found that, unlike many previous studies on caregiving in later life -- male caregivers were just as responsive towards their partner's onset of illness as female caregivers. This stands in sharp contrast the division of caregiving (i.e. childcare) and housework in mid-life. There could be a number of reasons for this, but a key factor may be that in later life many people retire and no longer have the responsibility of work, so are able to focus on other priorities -- that their spouse may have been doing already'.

Discussing the potential future implications of the research for patients and services, she adds: 'People are living longer, meaning that we have an increasingly dependent aging population and we face an elderly care cost problem. Reforms are likely to continue reducing more expensive institutionalised care, and increase cheaper home care. With the gender gap in life expectancy closing, and children becoming less available to care for their parents, it is likely that many more men will be called upon to care for their partners. But, our findings at least suggest that women won't have to worry that their partners are not up to the job of caring for them, should they need to.'

The team intend to build on the findings by applying the research approach to other countries and assessing how the results compare.

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Materials provided by University of Oxford. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. University of Oxford. (2018, August 10). Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests). ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 12, 2018 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180810195118.htm