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Correlation between quality of life of cardiac patients and caregiver burden

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  • Maha Subih
  • Marwa AlBarmawi
  • Dalal Yehia Bashir
  • Shrooq Munir Jacoub
  • Najah Sayyah Sayyah

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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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  • Maha Subih & Marwa AlBarmawi & Dalal Yehia Bashir & Shrooq Munir Jacoub & Najah Sayyah Sayyah, 2020. "Correlation between quality of life of cardiac patients and caregiver burden," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0237099
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237099
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