ĐÁNH GIÁ GÁNH NẶNG CHĂM SÓC NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐỘT QUỴ NÃO TẠI NHÀ CỦA NGƯỜI CHĂM SÓC CHÍNH

Abstract

Background: The burden of caring for patients after stroke is increasingly recognized as a significant concern. In the family, caregivers play an important role in support to stroke patients both physically and emotionally, but this role can lead to increased caregiver burden. Objective: To assess the caring burden of primary caregiver of stroke patients at home. Methods: A cross-sectional study, interviewing 113 caregivers of stroke patients at the Neurology Center of Bach Mai Hospital from December 2020 to August 2021 based on the scale “Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview – ZBI”. Results: The majority of caregivers were patient’s spouses and children (49.6% and 48.7%), female (64.6%), aged 40-60 (57.5%), got married (93%), have an education level from high school or higher (62.8%), and manual labor (55.7%). The mean ZBI score was 22.88 ± 9.4. The percentage of ZBI score from 0 to 20 (no burden), from 21 to 40 (mild to moderate burden) and from 41 to 60 (moderate to severe burden) was 44.2%, 50.5%, and 5.3%, respectively. There are no significant diffirence among gender (p = 0,63), marital status (p = 0,43) and educational background (p = 0,06) on ZBI score. Conclusion: 44.2% of caregivers have no burden, the remaining 55.8% have mild to moderate and moderate to severe burden of care, no severe burden was recored. There was no difference in burden of care among gender, marital status or education background.