Care-related quality of life of informal caregivers of stroke survivors: Cross-sectional analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to describe the intensity of care and its consequences on informal caregivers of stroke survivors according to the degree of care receivers' functional dependence for activities of daily living; and to identify the factors associated with caregivers' care-related quality of life.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis of prospective data collected in a cost-utility study alongside the RACECAT trial in Catalonia (Spain). One-hundred and thirty-two care receiver-caregiver pairs were interviewed six months after stroke. Functional dependence for activities of daily living was measured with the Barthel index. We assessed caregivers care-related quality of life with the CarerQoL, which measures seven dimensions of subjective burden (CarerQoL-7D) and a happiness score (

SUBMITTER: Villa-Garcia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452055 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature