background: providing care to a disable relative at home exposes the caregiver to a potentially higher risk of physical and mental problems. we measured health-related quality of life (hrqol) and its determinants among the caregivers of the iranian survivors of the iran-iraq war (1980–1988) with bilateral lower-limb amputation. methods: data were collected from 464 individuals comprising war-re...

background: caring for a patient with heart failure can be a challenging and stressful situation. however, researchers have paid less attention to caregiving outcomes in heart failure caregivers. this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived life changes and mental health of family caregivers of heart failure patients. methods: through a correlational design, a conv...

conclusions it appears that the patient-caregiver education and follow-up program had a beneficial effect on the caregiver strain index compared to the usual care. results the caregiver strain index decreased significantly in the intervention group after the patient-caregiver education and follow-up (p < 0.001), while the control group’s scores did not change (p = 0.04). background in recent ye...

abstract background: lack of adequate training and support of primary caregivers of multiple sclerosis (ms) patients is the major factor in causing stress, anxiety, and increase of burden. therefore, the treatment team members such as psychiatric nurses can help these vulnerable people overcome psychiatric pressures effectively not only through their care and referral role but also through thei...

abstract background: the broad spectrum of problems caused by multiple sclerosis (ms) imposes heavy responsibility to caregivers in caring of their patients. therefore, they encounter many issues and challenges in this situation. the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and challenges of ms family caregivers. materials and methods: a qualitative design, based on a thematic analy...

background: teachers, parents and foundations should become objective-oriented for children with visual impairment so that learning and sensitization of necessary knowledge and skills for the behaviors of these children are assisted. where there is impairment in the relations of children caregivers, their emotional security is disturbed and its effects will appear in their behaviors. therefore,...

objective: the aim of present research was to compare the quality of life in caregivers of acute and chronic schizophrenic patients. methods: considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 participants were selected through purposive sampling method among the caregivers of acute and chronic schizophrenic patients. the sample answered to who quality of life (whoqol-100) and demographic que...

objectives: this descriptive study was conducted to determine the communicative abstract problem between elders with alzheimer disease and there caregivers. methods & materials: 100 main caregivers were selected by census. data was obtained by a questionnaire with a good validity and reliability. its reliability was measured by internal consistency (de=0.96) and test-retest (d=0.96) methods. da...

background having a patient in a vegetative state in the family is a complicated and stressful experience. caring for such patients with complete disability at home is very challenging. objectives the present study aimed to explore the outcomes of caring for patients in a vegetative state for families and caregivers at home. patients and methods in this qualitative study, 16 vegetative patients...