Caregiving burden and quality of life in individuals caring for palliative care patients

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dc.contributor.authorDemir, Yaşar
dc.contributor.authorDağ, Erhan
dc.contributor.authorÖzpınar, Saliha
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-24T12:00:54Z
dc.date.available2026-01-24T12:00:54Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Palliative care is commonly defined as supportive care given to patients and their relatives in life-threatening situations where therapeutic approaches are insufficient. Diseases requiring palliative care are a process that affects the relatives as well as the patient. This can have economic, physical, psychological, and social impacts. Caregivers are directly affected by numerous factors of care burden. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers and care burden on quality of life. Methods: The study was cross-sectional. The study population consisted of the relatives of patients hospitalised in palliative care services in three public hospitals in Samsun between 1 July 2023 and 30 November 2023. No sample calculation was made in the study, and all relatives of patients who agreed to participate in the study were included (n=317). The study data were collected using the “Patient and Caregiver Information Form,” the “Caregiving Burden Scale”, and the “Quality of Life Scale”, which aim to reveal the socio-demographic characteristics of patients and caregivers. Percentage, frequency, correlation, and multiple regression analysis were used in the study. Results: The mean age of the patients was X?=65.48±11.81, 54.6% were male and 63.7% were being treated for neurological diseases. The mean age of caregivers was X?=39.8±9.16, 55.2% were female. The mean care burden scale (X?=51.78) and mean quality of life (X?=17.77) were determined in the study. A moderate negative relationship was found between care burden and quality of life (r=-0.611, p<0.001). According to the results of multiple regression analysis, it was determined that quality of life was affected by age, degree of closeness and caregiving burden (p<0.05). Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was determined that quality of life decreased as the caregiving burden increased.
dc.identifier.doi10.22391/fppc.1471914
dc.identifier.endpage43
dc.identifier.issn2458-8865
dc.identifier.issn2459-1505
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage38
dc.identifier.trdizinid1329364
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1329364
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.22391/fppc.1471914
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/3811
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofAile Hekimliği ve Palyatif Bakım
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_TR-Dizin_20260121
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectPalliative Care
dc.subjectCaregiving Burden
dc.titleCaregiving burden and quality of life in individuals caring for palliative care patients
dc.typeArticle

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