The effect of patient care education on burden of care and the quality of life of caregivers of stroke patients

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic information of the caregivers of stroke patients

Variables		Group		Significance
		Intervention (%)	Control (%)
Age (years)	18–29	8 (16)	13 (26)	0.79
	30–39	14 (28)	8 (16)
	40–49	10 (20)	9 (18)
	50–59	13 (26)	13 (26)
	>60	5 (10)	7 (14)
Gender	Male	14 (28)	23 (46)	0.13
	Female	36 (72)	27 (54)
Marital status	Single	11 (22)	15 (30)	0.20
	Married	22 (44)	16 (32)
Educational level	Sub-diploma	13 (26)	18 (36)	0.06
	Diploma and associate’s degree	15 (30)	16 (32)
	Bachelor’s and higher	22 (44)	16 (32)
Economic status	Poor	18 (36)	21 (42)	0.19
	Average	22 (44)	22 (44)
	Good	10 (20)	6 (12)

Table 2 Changes in burden of care in caregivers of stroke patients before and after intervention

Group	Burden of care		Significance
	Before intervention	After intervention
Intervention	67.84±4.23	41.50±10.79	<0.01
Control	61.60±11.30	61.23±6.40	<0.05

Table 3 Comparison of the mean of burden of care (individual, social, emotional, and economic) among caregivers of stroke patients before and after intervention

Group	Variables	Before		After		Paired t-test
Intervention		SD	Mean	SD	Mean	P-value
	Individual	12.32	66.20	8.44	47.00	<0.05
	Social	11.17	64.60	9.09	46.86	<0.05
	Emotional	12.55	69.93	3.92	38.53	<0.05
	Economic	9.14	68.60	3.47	49.86	<0.05
Control	Individual	12.51	68.93	10.12	67.53	>0.05
	Social	11.91	67.60	12.69	67.86	>0.05
	Emotional	12.42	67.93	9.90	66.53	>0.05
	Economic	12.34	67.93	9.84	68.41	>0.05

Table 4 Correlation of not suitable demographic characteristics of caregivers in both groups with their burden of care before intervention

Variables	The correlation coefficient	Sig.
Health status of the caregivers (bad)	0.45	<0.01
Marital status of the caregivers (alone)	0.28	0.03
Economic status of the caregivers (bad)	0.58	<0.01
Number of the children of the caregivers (more than one)	0.25	0.01
The relationship of the caregivers (father, mother, sister, …)	0.23	0.01
Care hours of the caregivers (many)	0.31	<0.01
Care days of the caregivers (many)	0.55	<0.01

Table 5 quality of life changes in caregivers of stroke patients before and after intervention

Group	Quality of life		Significance
	Before intervention	After intervention
Intervention	50.64±5.23	59.54±16.29	<0.01
Control	54.54±12.45	57.13±17.99	<0.05

Table 6 Mean quality of life and its dimensions in the intervention and control group before and after intervention

Group	Variables	Before	After	Paired t-test
		SD ± mean	SD ± mean	P-value
Intervention group	Quality of life	50.64±5.23	59.54±16.29	<0.05
	Physical functioning	51.93±7.12	52.24±11.45	>0.05
	Physical health	53.14±9.71	59.72±9.24	<0.05
	Emotional health	50.11±6.45	61.13±9.26	<0.05
	Tiresome	50.39±7.24	58.38±6.82	<0.05
	Emotional well-being	47.49±8.71	56.66±11.24	<0.05
	Social functioning	51.80±4.61	57.83±11.24	<0.05
	Pain	56.31±10.27	55.64±9.36	>0.05
	General health	49.19±7.51	56.18±8.45	<0.05
Control group	Quality of life	50.54±12.45	49.13±17.19	>0.05
	Physical functioning	54.83±7.45	52.32±7.81	>0.05
	Physical health	57.13±9.14	58.32±4.81	>0.05
	Emotional health	49.93±4.52	51.14±4.73	>0.05
	Tiresome	53.69±8.14	52.37±9.53	>0.05
	Emotional well-being	50.51±7.35	52.20±7.41	>0.05
	Social functioning	51.11±4.51	49.37±7.78	>0.05
	Pain	43.85±7.39	48.61±7.55	<0.05