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VOL. 5, ISSUE 4 (2020)
A descriptive study to determine the level of burden experienced in care giving tasks undertaken by the relatives of stroke patients admitted in government general hospital karaikal
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S Maheswaran, G Raji
Abstract
Stroke is a major health problem in both the developed and developing countries. It is the second most leading cause of death above 60 years. The world stroke federation states that every year 15 million people suffer with stroke globally. In that nearly 6 million are left disabled, thus the relatives had been posted with burden to meet the needs of the disability such as meeting the nutritional needs,elimination needs and the other psychological support and also the extended support for the physiological changes that occurs according to the site of the extent in the brain .Life- threatening complications accompanied by other challenges, including the inability to maintain nutrition through normal oral intake and neurologic changes which may vary depending on the site and extent of the lesion as well as on the age at which the stroke occurs. Since the elderly population is most commonly affected by stroke, and may have more difficulty in compensating changes in muscle tone that reduce chewing and decrease tongue pressure .Thus by conclusion the role of care giver has to occupy the major importance in the rehabilitative part of post store recovery for the stroke patients (Johnson, et al., 2014). Descriptive research design was adopted with 70 samples(caregivers ) selected by the convenience volunteer sampling technique (Thorne 2008) who were met the inclusion and exclusion criteria .Demographic variables were collected by using the interview method . The data was collected by using the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) and Zarit Caregiving Burden Scale (Burden Interview) instruments.19 questions from the instruments dealt with the patient informations and the 30 questions is to reveal the information regarding the caregiver . Difficulties in caregiving for patients were experienced by 72.9% of the caregivers. These problems were related to difficulties in providing care (47.1%), strained family relationships (29.4%), and insufficient support in providing needed care (13.7%). Caregivers’ strategies for coping with the problems were sharing their feelings with others (43.2%) and crying (35.3%). The daily lives of the caregivers had been affected by social isolation (55%). Caregivers were unable to get other tasks in their lives completed (23.3%). They were planning their lives according to the patients’ schedules and needs (15%), and did not have enough time to take care of their own needs (6.7%). Results also Shown that the longer the care giver caring the patient the mean score in the care giver burden scale is statistically raising (P<0.05).Thus the study reveals that the effective counseling and guidance to the care givers will always helps an lot by prior planning for effective implementation of the care to the clients in the post stroke rehabilitative dependent period.
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Pages:45-48
How to cite this article:
S Maheswaran, G Raji "A descriptive study to determine the level of burden experienced in care giving tasks undertaken by the relatives of stroke patients admitted in government general hospital karaikal". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Education and Research, Vol 5, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 45-48
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