Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalarına (KOAH) Bakım Veren Bireylerin Bakım Yükü ve Depresyon Düzeyleri

Objective: This research was carried out to determine, burden care and depression for caregivers of chronic obstructive pulmonary patients (COPD). Materials and Methods: The subjects were caregivers of COPD patients who Kars Goverment HospitalbetweenDecember 2013-March 2014 was carried out with118 patients. Research dataPersonalInformation Form, theZaritBurdenScale, Beck Depression Inventorywere collected using. Results: Thecaregivers'gender,education,maintenance time,caringhealth priorperception andmaintenanceburden andDepression Scalemean scorescomparedstatistically significantdifference(p <0.05) was determined. Conclusion:Caregiversburdenalso increasedwith increasinglevels of depressionwere identified