PMID- 27349203
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180226
LR  - 20180226
IS  - 2048-7940 (Electronic)
IS  - 0278-4807 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan/Feb
TI  - Quality of Life Among Primary Family Caregivers of Patients with Heart Failure in 
      Southwest China.
PG  - 26-34
LID - 10.1002/rnj.290 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life (QOL) and 
      to identify the factors (characteristics of patients and caregivers, caregiver 
      burden, self-efficacy, and social support) related to QOL among family caregivers 
      of patients with heart failure (HF) in Southwest China. DESIGN: The study had a 
      cross-sectional descriptive design. METHODS: Patients and their family caregiver 
      dyads (N = 251) in three hospitals in Chengdu were recruited from April 2013 to 
      September 2014. Data were collected by in-person interviews. Multivariate 
      analyses were used to identify the factors associated with physical and mental 
      QOL of caregivers. FINDINGS: The median scores of physical and mental QOL were 70 
      and 60, respectively. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that higher New York 
      Heart Association (NYHA) classification, more caregiving hours per day, more 
      readmissions in the last 6 months, higher caregiver burden, and lower social 
      support were associated with poorer physical and mental QOL. Lower self-efficacy 
      was also associated with poorer physical QOL. The variances of physical (73%) and 
      mental (70%) QOL of caregivers were explained by these identified significant 
      factors. CONCLUSIONS: The caregivers of patients with HF in Southwest China had 
      perceived reduced QOL and experienced more seriously impaired mental health than 
      physical health. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Early assessments, strategies, and policy 
      supports developed particularly for caregivers in undeveloped areas are necessary 
      to identify caregivers who are at a high risk of reduced QOL and to improve their 
      well-being.
FAU - Hu, Xiaolin
AU  - Hu X
FAU - Hu, Xiuying
AU  - Hu X
FAU - Su, Yonglin
AU  - Su Y
FAU - Qu, Moying
AU  - Qu M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Rehabil Nurs
JT  - Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of 
      Rehabilitation Nurses
JID - 8104825
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Caregivers/*psychology
MH  - China
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/complications/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Rehabilitation Nursing/trends
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2016/06/29 06:00
MHDA- 2018/02/27 06:00
CRDT- 2016/06/29 06:00
PHST- 2016/06/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/02/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/06/29 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/rnj.290 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rehabil Nurs. 2018 Jan/Feb;43(1):26-34. doi: 10.1002/rnj.290.