Caregiver Burden in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

Derya Kocakaya, Özge Keniş-Coşkun, Betül Şentürk-Saraç, Bedrettin Yıldızeli, Bülent Mutlu and Sait Karakurt

Clinical Nursing Research, 2021, vol. 30, issue 7, 994-1000

Abstract: Both quality of life (QoL) and caregiver burden are essential constructs in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) however; their relationship has never been investigated before. The aim of this study was to evaluate if there was any relationship between patients’ QoL and caregiver burden. Patients with PH and their caregivers were included. Patients’ age, sex, World Health Organization (WHO) functional class, systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP), and six-minute walk distances (6MWD) were recorded. Patients’ QoL was assessed using emPHasis-10 and caregiver burden with the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale. 72 patient-caregiver dyads were included. Caregiver burden was significantly correlated with the QoL( r = 0.39 p

Keywords: caregiver burden; pulmonary hypertension; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773820977316

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