Abstract
Introduction: Care of stroke patient is a matter of enduring stress and leads to considerable amount of burden among caregivers. Little is known about the ways in which families cope while caring for a relative with stroke in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to explore burden and coping strategies in caregivers of stroke survivors and identify the relationships between burden and coping strategies among them. Methods: Caregivers were assessed using Zarit burden interview schedule (ZBIS) and Coping checklist (CCL). A descriptive correlation design was used. The sample comprised 100 caregivers of the stroke survivors from selected community setting and outpatient department of different tertiary care hospitals at Punjab. Results: The result revealed that level of burden reported by caregivers of stroke patient was high. The most coping strategies used by caregivers were acceptance, getting social support, problem solving and seeking help of religious things. However, denial and distracting negatively were used as least common coping strategies by caregivers. Burden was positively and significantly associated with denial or blaming coping strategies. Conclusion: Study concluded that caregivers experienced higher degree of burden. Burden was significantly correlated with coping strategies. The study felt, the need of development of psycho educational program to assist caregivers to cope successfully with burden resulting from the care of stroke survivors.
Highlights
Care of stroke patient is a matter of enduring stress and leads to considerable amount of burden among caregivers
The result revealed that level of burden reported by caregivers of stroke patient was high
The most coping strategies used by caregivers were acceptance, getting social support, problem solving and seeking help of religious things
Summary
Care of stroke patient is a matter of enduring stress and leads to considerable amount of burden among caregivers. Hospitalization exerts a burden on caregivers of patient as well. Burden of care of stroke patients impacts the physical as well as psychological wellbeing of the caregiver adversely [5,6,7,8,9]. That of closely involved family members such as parents, spouse, is important as an outcome measure in mental health care, so as to assess and reduce it for the well-being of both the survivors and caregivers. The measurement of caregiver burden has been shown to enhance worker and administrator awareness of the need to reduce such burden in health care field in general [10]
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