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Maha Subih1, Marwa AlBarmawi1, Dalal Yehia Bashir1
1School of Nursing-Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan (ZUJ), Amman, Jordan.
Background:
Caregivers experience high strain related to care giving. There is increasing interest in examining the caregiver burden of cardiac patients and studying the characteristics of caregivers.
Purpose:
To explore the correlation between quality of life cardiac patients and caregiver's burden.
Methods:
A cross-sectional design using a convenience sample of caregivers and patients with cardiac conditions. Sociodemographic sheet, Dutch Objective Burden Inventory (DOBI), and Quality of Life (QLI-Cardiac 4). Linear regression was used to explore the predictors.
Results:
200 caregivers and 200 patients with cardiac diseases completed the study. The overall mean scores of both DOBI and QLI-4 indicated moderate results 1.51(SD 0.4), 19.8 (SD 4.7) respectively. Predictors of caregiver burden were young, less educated caregivers and high QoL of cardiac patients.
Conclusion:
Caregivers should receive more support and training from healthcare providers to develop their coping and resilience skills in a way that decreases their care burden and improves their quality of care and self-confidence.
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