Usman Shah Hassan Bin, Atif Iffat, Rashid Farah, Babar Muhammad Waleed, Arshad Faizan, Qamar Waqar, Khan Owais Ahmed, Qadir Muhammad Luqman
Department of Community Medicine, Yusra Medical & Dental College, Islamabad.
Student, Yusra Medical & Dental College, Islamabad.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Oct;67(10):1498-1501.
To determine the burden on the caregivers of patients receiving dialysis treatment.
This cross-sectional study was carried out in four different dialysis centres of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from June 1 to December1, 2015, and comprised attendants of patients receiving dialysis. The data was collected from the attendants of patients receiving dialysis, and caregiver burden was measured using the Zarit Burden Interview questionnaire. SPSS 22 was used for data analysis.
Of the 164 subjects, 97(59%) were females. The majority of caregivers reported stress for caring (2.28±1.31), patients asking for more help than needed (2.14±1.13), health problems (1.03±1.11), financial constraints (1.70±1.15) and little time for self-care (2.15±1.21). Besides, 107(65%) caregivers perceived the burden of their patients as mild to moderate. A positive correlation was found between the duration of a person on dialysis, daily hours of care-giving and the total burden score of his/her caregiver (p<0.05 each).
Care-giving can create enormous burdens on caregivers, affecting their physical and psychological health.
确定接受透析治疗患者的照料者所承受的负担。
本横断面研究于2015年6月1日至12月1日在巴基斯坦拉瓦尔品第的四个不同透析中心开展，研究对象为接受透析治疗患者的照料者。数据从接受透析治疗患者的照料者处收集，使用 Zarit 负担访谈问卷测量照料者负担。采用SPSS 22进行数据分析。
164名研究对象中，97名（59%）为女性。大多数照料者报告在照料方面存在压力（2.28±1.31）、患者要求的帮助超出所需（2.14±1.13）、健康问题（1.03±1.11）、经济限制（1.70±1.15）以及几乎没有时间进行自我照料（2.15±1.21）。此外，107名（65%）照料者认为其患者的负担为轻度至中度。发现患者透析时长、每日照料时长与其照料者的总负担得分之间存在正相关（每项p<0.05）。
照料患者会给照料者带来巨大负担，影响其身心健康。
