title: Depression, anxiety and quality of life in caregivers of long-term home care patients.
abstract: Family caregivers of patient in long-term care facilities often have high rates of stress, burden and psychological illness. A descriptive study was carried out with 63 caregivers. Caregivers were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Short form 36 (SF-36), which measures health related quality of life (QoL). The majority of caregivers were female (79.4%), and most often the daughter of the patient in long-term care (47.6%). The mean BDI score of the sample was 18.8, and the mean BAI score was 20.0. Almost all the mean scores referring to the QoL were decreased (lower than 50), with the exception of mental health. On the SF-36 questionnaire, the lowest scores were observed on the role-emotional, role-physical, social functioning and vitality scales of the SF-36.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Reseach Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: hulyayikilkan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yıkılkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Reseach Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aypak
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Reseach Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Görpelioğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult