Affiliation:
1. HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ
2. HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ
Abstract
Aim: This descriptive study aimed to determine the relationship between burn patients and their caregivers’ quality of life and care burden.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted at two university hospitals. Thirty burn patients discharged from the hospitals between September 2015 and January 2016 and their 30 caregivers participated in the study. Data were collected face-to-face with the datasheet for patients, the Burn-Specific Health Scale, the datasheet for caregivers, the World Health Organization Quality of Life (QoL)-Brief, and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview Scale.
Results: The patients’ mean QoL scores, and sub-scores were higher than 0.53. The highest caregivers’ mean QoL score was for the physical health domain (74.62±16.87). There was a negative correlation between the physical health scores of caregivers and the general health and overall QoL scores of patients (p
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Water Science and Technology,Geography, Planning and Development
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