title: Concept Analysis of Burden in Caregivers of Stroke Survivors During the Early Poststroke Period.
abstract: It is important to understand burden in caregivers of stroke survivors during the early poststroke period if we are to prevent or decrease the longer-term experience of caregiver burden and its consequences. This article reports a concept analysis of burden in caregivers of stroke survivors during the early poststroke period. A literature review using MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ISI Web of Knowledge databases (1960-2014) identified 32 relevant articles published from 1993 to 2013. Rodgers's evolutionary method of concept analysis was used. Three attributes--objective and subjective aspects, time spent caring for the stroke survivor, and uncertainty about the future for the stroke survivor and caregiver--were identified. Multiple definitions of caregiver burden have been used. In the early poststroke period, burden appears closely interconnected with other factors, some of which may be modifiable.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Eeeseung.Byun@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Eeeseung
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Lois K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors
keywords: burden; caregiver; concept analysis; strain; stress; stroke