Quality of life in caregivers of aged stroke survivors in southern Brazil: Arandomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to evaluate the effect of nursing home care interventions on the quality of life in family caregivers of aged stroke survivors.

Method

a Randomized Clinical Trial, blinded for outcome evaluation. Forty-eighty family caregivers of aged stroke survivors participated in the study. The Intervention Group received three home visits by nurses one month after hospital discharge to provide stroke-related education (i.e., how to access health services and perform care activities) and emotional support. The Control Group received the usual guidance from the health services. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF) instrument and the Old Module(WHOQOL-OLD) 1 week, 2 months, and 1 year after discharge.

Results

SUBMITTER: Bierhals CCBK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9886075 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature