Comparison of Perceived Burden of Patients with Heart Failure and their Caregivers

Abstract

This study was conducted to compare the perceived burden of heart failure patients and their caregivers. The descriptive and correlational study was conducted in the cardiology department and outpatient clinic of a university hospital. The study sample consisted of 95 patients and 95 caregivers who met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics form, Burden Interview to measure caregivers' burden and self-perceived burden scale to measure patients' burden were used as data collection tools. The relationship between patient and caregiver burden perception was examined using Pearson correlation analysis. According to the results of the research, the mean score of the patients from the self-perceived burden scale was 28.41 ± 9.72, and the score of the caregivers from the Burden Interview was 32.56 ± 18.43. It was determined that there was a moderately significant positive correlation between the patients' self-perceived burden scale and the caregivers' mean scores of the Burden Interview (r=.489 p=.000). As the burden score perceived by the patients increases, the perceived burden score of the caregiver increases. This shows that as the burden perceived by the patients increases, the perception of caregiver burden increases. It is recommended to plan interventions to reduce the burden of patients and caregivers, and to conduct research showing the effectiveness of these interventions.

Keywords

• Care giver burden
• Heart failure
• Nursing
• Self-perceived burden.

Project Number

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Kalp Yetersizliği Olan Hastaların ve Bakım Verenlerinin Algıladıkları Yükün Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Bu araştırma kalp yetersizliği olan hastaların ve bakım verenlerinin algıladıkları yükün karşılaştırılması amacıyla yapılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı ve korelasyonel nitelikte olan çalışma bir üniversite hastanesinin kardiyoloji servis ve polikliniğinde yürütülmüştür. Çalışma örneklemini araştırmaya dâhil etme kriterlerine uygun 95 hasta ve 95 bakım vereni oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama araçları olarak sosyodemografik özellikler formu bakım verenlerin yük algısını ölçmek amaçlı bakım veren yükü ölçeği ve hastaların yük algısını ölçmek amaçlı kendini yük olarak algılama ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Hasta ve bakım veren yük algısı arasındaki ilişki pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre hastaların Kendini Yük Olarak Algılama Ölçeği’nden aldıkları puan ortalaması 28.41 ± 9.72, bakım verenlerin Bakım Verme Yükü Ölçeği’nden aldıkları puan 32.56 ± 18.43 olarak bulunmuştur. Hastaların kendini yük olarak algılama ölçeği ile bakım verenlerin bakım verme yükü ölçeği puan ortalamaları arasında pozitif yönde orta düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır (r=.489 p=.000). Hastaların algıladığı yük puanı arttıkça bakım veren algıladığı yük puanı artmaktadır. Bu durum hastaların algıladığı yük arttıkça bakım veren yük algısının arttığını göstermektedir. Hasta ve bakım verenlerin yükünü azaltmaya yönelik girişimlerin planlanması, bu girişimlerin etkinliğini gösteren araştırmalar yapılması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• Bakım veren yükü
• Hasta yük algısı
• Hemşire
• Kalp yetersizliği

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