Burden of Diabetic Foot Patients' Caregivers and Affecting Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2021
Yazarlar: Sadık Hançerlioğlu, İSMAİL TOYĞAR, Ayşe Ayhan, İrem Yilmaz, Yavuz Orhan, Göksu S Özdemir, Ilgın Y Şimşir, Şevki ÇETİNKALP
The international journal of lower extremity wounds, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2021
DOI: 10.1177/15347346211036530
Özet
With the increase in the diabetic foot patients in recent decades, the caregivers of diabetic foot patients increase too. Most of these caregivers are informal caregivers. However, the studies examining the burden of the caregivers and affecting factors are limited. This study was conducted to determine the burden of the caregivers of diabetic foot patients and affecting factors. This cross-sectional study was conducted between the January and October 2020 in a diabetic foot council of a university hospital. Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale and a participant identification form were used for data collection. Most of the caregivers were female (75.2%) and the mean age was 51.27 +/- 11.48 years. The burden of the caregivers was at moderate level in the current study. Factors affecting the caregivers' burden were caregivers' age, patients' family structure, caregivers' education level, caregivers' income level, hours per week spending for the care of the patients, and lack of choice.