School of Nursing-Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan (ZUJ), Amman, Jordan.
PLoS One. 2020 Aug 3;15(8):e0237099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237099. eCollection 2020.
Caregivers experience high strain related to care giving. There is increasing interest in examining the caregiver burden of cardiac patients and studying the characteristics of caregivers.
To explore the correlation between quality of life cardiac patients and caregiver's burden.
A cross-sectional design using a convenience sample of caregivers and patients with cardiac conditions. Sociodemographic sheet, Dutch Objective Burden Inventory (DOBI), and Quality of Life (QLI-Cardiac 4). Linear regression was used to explore the predictors.
200 caregivers and 200 patients with cardiac diseases completed the study. The overall mean scores of both DOBI and QLI-4 indicated moderate results 1.51(SD 0.4), 19.8 (SD 4.7) respectively. Predictors of caregiver burden were young, less educated caregivers and high QoL of cardiac patients.
Caregivers should receive more support and training from healthcare providers to develop their coping and resilience skills in a way that decreases their care burden and improves their quality of care and self-confidence.
照顾者因照顾工作而承受着巨大的压力。人们越来越关注心脏病患者的照顾者负担，并研究照顾者的特征。
探讨心脏病患者生活质量与照顾者负担之间的相关性。
采用横断面设计，方便选取照顾者和心脏病患者作为研究对象。使用社会人口学表格、荷兰客观负担量表（DOBI）和生活质量量表（QLI-Cardiac 4）。采用线性回归分析来探讨预测因素。
200 名照顾者和 200 名心脏病患者完成了这项研究。DOBI 和 QLI-4 的总分均为中等水平，分别为 1.51（SD 0.4）和 19.8（SD 4.7）。照顾者负担的预测因素包括年轻、教育程度较低的照顾者，以及心脏病患者较高的生活质量。
医疗保健提供者应为照顾者提供更多的支持和培训，以培养他们的应对和适应能力，从而减轻他们的照顾负担，提高他们的护理质量和自信心。
