Kuzu Firdevs, Tel Aydın Hatice
Provincial Health Directorate Public Health Directorate, Sivas, Turkey.
Department of Nursing, Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences Sivas, Turkey.
Turk Thorac J. 2022 Mar;23(2):155-122. doi: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.21002.
This research was carried out in a single group, pretest-post-test design in order to determine the effect of education on care burden and life quality of caregivers provided to caregivers of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who received healthcare at their home.
The population of the study was composed of 35 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in the city center and receiving home health care and the caregivers of these patients. Research data were obtained by using the Caregiver Information Form, Patient Information Form, Caregiver Burden Inventory, and World Health Organization Quality of Scale-Bref Quality of Life Scale. Caregivers' burden and quality of life were reevaluated once after every 1 month and 3 months following the education.
It was determined that caregivers were the spouses and children of the patients, the majority of them did not consider themselves sufficient in providing care; their care burden was high and their quality of life was low. In post-education follow-ups, a significant reduction in caregiver burden and a significant increase in quality of life were detected.
The education prepared considering the learning needs was seen to be effective in reducing the care burden of caregivers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in improving their quality of life.
本研究采用单组前后测设计，以确定教育对在家接受医疗护理的慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者的照顾者的照顾负担和生活质量的影响。
研究对象包括35名居住在市中心且接受家庭医疗护理的慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者及其照顾者。研究数据通过使用照顾者信息表、患者信息表、照顾者负担量表和世界卫生组织生活质量简表获得。在教育后的第1个月和第3个月各重新评估一次照顾者的负担和生活质量。
确定照顾者为患者的配偶和子女，他们中的大多数人认为自己在提供照顾方面能力不足；他们的照顾负担较高，生活质量较低。在教育后的随访中，发现照顾者负担显著减轻，生活质量显著提高。
根据学习需求制定的教育被认为在减轻慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者照顾者的照顾负担和提高其生活质量方面是有效的。
