Abstract

Objectives: This study was carried out as descriptive and cross sectional to investigate the relationship between care burden, social support and quality of life in caregivers of individual with stroke.

Methods: The study sample comprised 216 caregivers of individuals with stroke. Personal Information Form, Zarit Burden Care Scale, World Health Organisation Quality of Life Instrument brief version and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Scale were used to collect the study data. The frequency, percentage calculation, Kruskal-Wallis T test and Pearson correlation test were used to analyze the data.

Results: It was found that the care burden and social support levels of caregivers of individual with stroke were moderate and their quality of life was low. There was a positive correlation between quality of life and social support scores, and a significant negative correlation between care burden and quality of life, social support and care burden (p <0.05).

Conclusion: Caregivers of individual with stroke have a moderate level of care burden, low quality of life, and they perceive moderate social support. There is a relationship between care burden, quality of life and social support. The level of perceived social support of individuals with advanced and extreme care burden is low.