Exploring the Impact of Patient Quality of Life on Family Caregiver Burden in Palliative Care
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https://doi.org/10.56294/hl2022124Keywords:
Patient QoL (QoL), psychological support, Caregiver Burden, PalliativeCareAbstract
Palliative Care (PA) significantly focuses on family caregivers, and it's critical to comprehend the interdependencies among patients, family caregivers, and service providers. Since there aren't many long-term studies that look at how patient Quality of Life (QoL) in PC affects family Caregiver Burden (CB), this research aims to investigate the connection between family CB and patient QoL in PC settings. PC is intended to help patients with severe diseases, but it frequently puts a heavy financial, emotional, and physical burden on family caregivers. 200 data (100 patients, 100 caregivers) were gathered from caregivers of patients receiving PC in a variety of hospital settings using established measures for assessing CB and QoL. The obtained data will be statistically analyzed to determine the association between patient QoL and CB utilizing multiple regression (MR) analysis and Spearman's rank correlation (SRC). The results show that the caregiver's perceived burden is greatly increased by low patient QoL, especially when it comes to physical and emotional health. The findings underscore the need for interventions that take into account the psychological and physical burden on caregivers in addition to the needs of patients. Research improves the knowledge of family caregiver interactions in PC and offers solutions to reduce caregiver stress, including resources to improve patient QoL, psychological support, and respite care.
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