Quality of Life of Elderly Patients and Burnout Among Their Care Givers

NCT ID: NCT05475496

Last Updated: 2022-07-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 265 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-01

Brief Summary

Older people with multimorbidity are frequent users of health care services, and there is a relationship between the number of chronic conditions and health care costs. In addition, multimorbidity increases the risk of mortality and functional decline, and this negatively impacts health-related quality of life

. Furthermore, research tends to focus on individual organ systems, often ignoring the complexity of care for older people with multimorbidity. Moreover, patient QoL is a meaningful measure in the evaluation of health care services and patient-reported outcome Caregiving demands significantly reduce caregivers' opportunities to have a lifestyle in which leisure or time for themselves is available. According to different empirically supported theoretical frameworks that point to the importance for caregivers of experiencing pleasant events and receiving positive reinforcement in their daily lives in order to maintain a positive mood, not engaging in personally satisfying activities may result in more social withdrawal and depression, putting caregivers at risk of developing emotional disorders.

Detailed Description

As the percentage of elderly cardiac population is growing and most of them have multimorbid conditions, we should find ways to improve their of life and to avoid their caregivers being burned out.

Asses quality of life of cardiac elderly patients with multimorbidity and to investigate the prevalence of burnout among their caregivers This study of multimorbidity among elderly cardiac patients attending Sohag university cardiac outpatient clinic and burnout among their care givers aims to:-

1. Study the effect of multimorbidity on health related quality of life of elderly cardiac patients.

2. Study determinants of health related quality of life among elderly cardiac patients with multimorbidity.

3. Study burnout prevalence among care givers

Conditions

Elderly Cardiac Patients With Multimorbidity and Burnout Among Their Caregivers

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Elderly cardiac patients with multimorbidity and their caregivers

elderly patients (60 years and over) [2] with multimorbid conditions and a cardiovascular disease is one of them .

caregivers of elderly patients included in the study

Measurements of quality of life and burnout

Intervention Type: OTHER

WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire to assess the health related quality of life of the elderly cardiac patients. WHOQOL-Bref assesses Physical health (7 items), Psychological health (6 items), Social relationships (3 items) and the environment ( 8 items ), in addition to two items asking about overall perception of life and general health. Items are rated on a 5 point ordinal scale, domain scores are scaled in a positive direction (i.e. higher scores denote higher quality of life).

Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire to measure burnout among caregivers, it includes 3 components: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization(5items) and personal accomplishment(8 items).

Interventions

Measurements of quality of life and burnout

WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire to assess the health related quality of life of the elderly cardiac patients. WHOQOL-Bref assesses Physical health (7 items), Psychological health (6 items), Social relationships (3 items) and the environment ( 8 items ), in addition to two items asking about overall perception of life and general health. Items are rated on a 5 point ordinal scale, domain scores are scaled in a positive direction (i.e. higher scores denote higher quality of life).

Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire to measure burnout among caregivers, it includes 3 components: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization(5items) and personal accomplishment(8 items).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• elderly patients (60 years and over) [2] with multimorbid conditions and a cardiovascular disease is one of them .

caregivers of elderly patients included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients and caregivers who will refuse to participate in this study and patients with disturbed conscious level and mentally disabled.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Sohag University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Shimaa Harris Ahmed

Assistant lecturer of public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine, sohag university

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Shimaa Ahmed, Master

Role: CONTACT

shimaa.hares@med.sohag.edu.eg

01098626250

Other Identifiers

Soh-Med-22-06-15

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id