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    Caregiver burden in caregivers of patients receiving home health care services applying to emergency department of a city hospital: a cross-sectional study
    (Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi, 2024) Ertek, Engin; Akan, Mustafa
    Background: Patients receiving home health care services need caregivers who will undertake their care at home in order to meet their needs. In this process, caregivers experience some problems related to their own functionality and face care burden. Although caregiving is associated with physical and psychological distress in studies in the literature, this situation can also be perceived as a reward by the caregiver with the development of positive emotions. In this study, it was aimed to investigate caregiver burden and related factors in caregivers of patients receiving home health care services who applied to the emergency department of a city hospital. The hypothesis of the study is that caregiver burden will be lower in caregivers who provide wound care support (WCS) compared to those who do not. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the emergency clinic of a city hospital between 04.04.2024 and 04.08.2024. The study included caregivers of patients who received home health care services and applied to the emergency department, and the Zarit Caregiver Burden (ZCB) scale and sociodemographic data form were applied to the participants. Results: In the study of 120 participants, the mean age of the participants was found to be 44.6±12.3 years and the total score of the ZCB scale was 42.5 (19-77). When analysed in terms of WCS, it was observed that 92 (76.7%) of the caregivers provided WCS. When the caregivers were divided into two groups as providing WCS and not providing WCS, it was found that the group providing WCS had a statistically significantly lower total score on the ZCB scale than the group not providing WCS (p