Care Burden and Compassion in Caregivers of Stroke Survivors

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 385 - 392, 28.06.2024

Hatice Erdem Yüzbaşıoğlu , Tülay Kars Fertelli

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1319859

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the factors related to care burden and compassion levels of caregivers of family members who had a stroke and the relationship between the two variables.
Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational one. The sample included 280 stroke survivors and family caregivers. The data were collected using a Family Caregiver Information Form, the Stroke Survivors Information Form, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), the Compassion Scale (CS), and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI).
Results: In the study, it was determined that the compassion scores (3.71±0.85), and caregiving burden scores (34.30±17.42) of the family caregivers of stroke survivors were moderate. There was a negative, strong and significant relationship between caregiving burden and compassion (p<.001). It was determined that as the caregiving burden of the family caregiver’s increased, their levels of compassion decreased.
Conclusions: Determining the care burden and compassion levels of family caregivers of stroke survivors might contribute to improvement of the health of both family caregivers and stroke survivors.

Keywords

Family Caregivers, Care Burden, Compassion, Stroke Survivors

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