Assessment of Caregiver Burden and Perceived Social Support Among Individuals Providing Care to Patients Under Home Health Services: A Descriptive Study.
Fatih Oğur, Mehmet Sait Değer, Kübra Temel Aslan and 7 others
PMID 42383621WHAT IT FOUND
Most informal caregivers for home health patients reported moderate to severe burden, with family as the main support source.
Contrary to expectations, higher perceived social support was associated with higher reported burden, suggesting support may reflect coping efforts or unmet needs.
Key findings
0187.7% of caregivers experienced moderate to high levels of caregiving burden.
02A positive correlation was found between perceived social support and caregiver burden, indicating that higher support scores were associated with higher burden scores.
03Caregivers in rural areas and those with lower education levels reported significantly higher burden than those in cities or with higher education.
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What it does not show
The descriptive design prevents causal inferences about the relationship between burden and social support. Self-reported data may be affected by recall bias and social desirability. Multiple statistical comparisons were conducted without adjustment for Type I error, increasing the risk of spurious findings. The study population is specific to a rural, socioeconomically disadvantaged region in Türkiye, limiting generalisability to other contexts.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest and report no funding.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that high perceived social support scores indicate a healthy, low-burden caregiver. In this study, higher support scores were associated with higher burden, suggesting that caregivers may report support because they are actively seeking help due to distress, not because they are adequately supported.