Characteristics of burden, coping strategies, and quality of life: The effect of age, gender, and social variables in caregivers of renal transplanted patients from Southern Andhra Pradesh, India.
Background: Evaluation of burden, coping strategies, and quality of life (QOL) in caregivers may lead to specific interventions to reduce the burden among caregivers. Methods: In this prospective study, characteristics of burden, coping strategies, and QOL in caregivers was investigated and also stu...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Palliative Care Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 407 - 414 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=137513169&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 137513169 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09731075 166I jtl: Indian Journal of Palliative Care issn: 09731075 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul-Sep2019 vid: 25 iid: 3 pid: 56013 pub: Scientific Scholar LLC place: Pittsford, New York artinfo: ui: 137513169 137513169 137513169 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_34_19 137513169 ppf: 407 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Characteristics of burden, coping strategies, and quality of life: The effect of age, gender, and social variables in caregivers of renal transplanted patients from Southern Andhra Pradesh, India. aug: au: Nagarathnam, M Sivakumar, V Latheef, S affil: Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, Sri venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh sug: subj: Caregiver Burden Evaluation Coping Evaluation Quality of Life Evaluation Caregiver Burden Prevention and Control Kidney Transplantation India Transplant Recipients India Human India Prospective Studies Support, Psychosocial Severity of Illness Emotions Evaluation Psychological Well-Being Evaluation Age Factors Sex Factors Marital Status Educational Status Interpersonal Relations Religion and Religions Avoidance (Psychology) Male Female Scales Male Female ab: Background: Evaluation of burden, coping strategies, and quality of life (QOL) in caregivers may lead to specific interventions to reduce the burden among caregivers. Methods: In this prospective study, characteristics of burden, coping strategies, and QOL in caregivers was investigated and also studied the effect of age, gender, and social variables on these concepts. Results: Mean burden score of the caregivers was 28.66 ± 2.02. Thirty percent of caregivers had mild-to-moderate burden followed by moderate-to-severe burden (20%). Seeking social support was the dominant coping strategy used by the caregivers. Role limitations due to the physical health (RLDPH) and role limitations due to emotional problem (RLDEP) were compromised subscales of QOL. The mean score of RLDPH (P = 0.007) and RLDEP (P = 0.014) were found to be significantly higher in males than that of females. Marital status, education, type of relationship with the patient, religion, occupation, and duration of care giving showed significant effect on burden, coping strategies, and QOL. Lower emotional well-being (P = 0.003) and escape avoidance (P = 0.000) in males and lower physical component (PC) (P = 0.002) in females and lower PC (P = 0.000) and escape avoidance (P = 0.001) were found to be the significant predictors of burden in caregivers of renal transplanted patients. Conclusion: Predictors of burden and QOL subscales varies by gender. Social and clinical variables influence the QOL subscales. Gender- and social group-specific interventions rather than global interventions may reduce the burden of caregivers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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