Assessment of Quality of Life in Caregivers of the Patients with Hematologic Neoplasms

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Aim/Background: Malignant diseases impair not only the quality of life of the patient but also the caregivers. The present study aims to investigate the quality of life in caregivers of the patients with hematologic neoplasms and determine the relationship between the subscales of quality of life (QOL) and socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers. Methods: One hundred consecutive caregivers of the patients who were hospitalized at Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Hematology Department between 01 May 2015 and 30 June 2015 were included in this prospective, single center, cross-sectional study. Socio-demographic data of the patients and the caregivers were collected using a questionnaire form, QOL was evaluated using short-form 36. Results: Quality of life was found to be impaired in 46% of the caregivers. Given that a score of 100 defines full health status, bodily pain (31.3) and mental role (35.9) subscale scores were found to be the most affected subscales and physical functioning (71.8) subscale was found to be the least affected. There was a statistically significant difference between the age of the caregiver and physical role. Physical role and social functioning were better in caregivers who have economic support. There was a difference between employed and unemployed caregivers with regard to physical role and pain subscales. Overall health perception subscale score was higher for the caregivers of male patients. Graduates of the university were found to experience less pain. Conclusions: Cancer impairs not only the life quality of the patient but also the caregiver. So, the patient and the caregiver should be evaluated together and family physicians should take place in the center of and coordinate the interventions required for improving the quality of life of the caregivers.

 

Giriş ve Amaç: Malign hastalıklar sadece hastanın değil, ailenin de yaşam kalitesini etkiler. Bu çalışmada hematolojik neoplazmı olan hastaların bakım verenlerinin yaşam kalitesinin araştırılması ve yaşam kalitesi alt ölçekleri ile bakım verenlerin sosyo-demografik özellikleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Bu prospektif, tek merkez, kesitsel çalışmaya 01 Mayıs 2015 ile 30 Haziran 2015 tarihleri arasında Başkent Üniversitesi Kemik İliği Nakli Ünitesi ve Hematoloji Bölümü’nde yatırılan yüz ardışık hastanın bakım verenleri alınmıştır. Hastaların ve bakım verenlerin sosyo-demografik verileri anket formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır, yaşam kalitesi ise kısa-form 36 ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Bakım verenlerin %46’sında yaşam kalitesinin bozulduğu bulunmuştur. Tam sağlık durumunu belirten skorun 100 olduğu düşünüldüğünde, vücut ağrısı (31.3) ve mental rol (35.9) en fazla etkilenen alt ölçekler iken fiziksel işlevselliğin (71.8) en az etkilendiği bulunmuştur. Bakım verenin yaşı ile fiziksel rol arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark vardı. Ekonomik desteği olan bakım verenlerin fiziksel rol ve sosyal işlev alt ölçekleri daha iyiydi. Çalışan ve çalışmayan bakım verenler arasında fiziksel rol ve ağrı alt ölçekleri bakımından fark vardı. Genel sağlık algısı alt ölçeği skoru erkek hastaların bakım verenlerinde daha yüksekti. Üniversite mezunlarının daha az ağrı yaşadıkları bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Kanser sadece hastanın değil, aynı zamanda bakım vericinin de yaşam kalitesini etkiler. Bu nedenle hasta ve bakım vericisi birlikte değerlendirilmeli, aile hekimleri bakım vericilerin yaşam kalitesinin artırılması için gereken girişimlerde merkezde olarak koordinasyon sağlamalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Hematologic neoplasms,quality of life,caregivers,family practice

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