Sarwat Sultan, Shabbih Fatima, Frasat Kanwal, Sana Khurram.
Factors associated with caregivers burden: do coping strategies make any difference?.
Pak Heart J Jan ;50(1):19-25.

Objective: The main objective of the study was to see the moderating effects of coping strategies on caregivers burden that they incurred while caring the CHD patients. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Cardiology Centre Multan from 1 February to 31 August, 2016. As the study was of particular importance for examining the significance of coping strategies used by caregivers to cope with their burden during treatment of CHD patients; the gender,age, relationship with recipient, and duration of disease were taken as independent variables. Information about independent variables, coping strategies, and burden were collected using scales; Way of Coping Scale and Zarit Burden Interview Scale respectively. Results: A total of 312 care givers were included. The analyses from structure equation model affirmed the moderating roles of different coping strategies.Findings showed that female caregivers used emotion focused strategies and male caregivers used problem focused strategies. Results demonstrated that effects of age, relationship with recipient, and duration of disease were moderated by coping strategies; emotion focused (B = .31, p >.01) and problem focused (B=.25, p >.01). Conclusion: Based upon the statistical analyses, present findings added to the literature by affirming the role of caregivers coping ways in dealing with their burden. Effects of caregivers' gender, age, relationship with patient, and duration of CHD are significant and are moderated by coping strategies.

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