Authors
1 Departments of Medical Surgical Nursing Mental Health Nursing
2 Departments of Medical Surgical Nursing Biostatistics, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed that family caregivers of hemodialysis patients have low
level of quality of life. However, these caregivers are mostly neglected, and no studies are available
on improving their quality of lives. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effects of supportive
educative program on the quality of life in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients. Materials and
METHODS: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 76 family caregivers of
hemodialysis patients referred to Shahid Hasheminejad Hemodialysis Center in Tehran, Iran in 2015.
The subjects were equally allocated into two groups of 38. Caregivers of patients were randomly
assigned into the intervention group and the control group. The intervention group received six training
sessions on supportive educative program. Both groups answered demographic information and short
form‑36 questionnaires before and 6 weeks after the intervention. Descriptive statistics, Chi‑square
and Fisher exact tests, independent samples t‑test, and t‑couple, was used to analyze the data.
RESULTS: No significant difference was found between the baseline mean scores of “quality of life”
of the intervention and the control groups (P = 0.775). However, the mean scores of quality of life
of the intervention group increased at the end of the study, and the two groups were significantly
different in this regard (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Supportive educative program improved the quality of life in caregivers of
hemodialysis patients. Therefore, it is suggested that health system managers encourage their staff
to implement such programs for improving the health status of the caregivers.
Keywords
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