Care burden and quality of life of home caregivers

This study was conducted to determine the care burden and quality of life of the primary caregivers of home care patients and to investigate the factors that affect them and the relationship between them. The study was designed as a descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study. The quality of life of caregivers who expressed that they had financial problems was lower than those who did not have financial problems (p<0.05). A moderate negative relationship was found between caregivers’ burden and quality of life (r=-0.312, p<0.001). According to the findings of the study, it was determined that the increase in the care burden negatively affected the caregivers’ quality of life.