Caregiver Strain and Heart Failure Patient Clinical Event Risk: An Extension of Previous Work.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a study of Italian heart failure patient-caregiver dyads, greater caregiver strain significantly predicted lower patient clinical event risk.

Objective

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to examine this relationship in a sample from the United States.

Methods

Data came from 92 dyads who participated in a self-care intervention. Logistic regression was used to test the relationship between baseline strain (Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale, divided into tertiles) and patient likelihood of events (heart failure hospitalization/emergency visit or all-cause mortality) over 8 months.

Results

Nearly half of patients (n = 40, 43.5%) had an event. High (vs low) caregiver strain was associated with a 92.7% event-risk reduction, but with substantial v

SUBMITTER: Bidwell JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462267 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature