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Study of Quality of life of family caregivers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Background: High morbidity and mortality due to this virus led to an international health crisis.
Whereas frontline health workers, face problems due to increased work load, intense working schedule
and increased chance of getting exposed to positive cases, the primary caregivers who are mostly
family members and are indispensable in providing support to their member with illness in acute care
settings, are also affected in various domains of their functioning. This affects their overall quality of
life. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was done at Sawai Man Singh
and attached hospital, Jaipur. It included 45 caregivers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. All subjects
were evaluated by a general information sheet. WHOQOL-BREF was applied and statistical analysis
done by SPSS 23. Results & Conclusion: Factors which were significantly associated with QOL and its
domains were duration of illness, duration of hospitalization, severity of COVID-19 illness, occupation
and marital status. Duration of illness and hospitalization can be reduced with early identification of
illness and effective management which may improve QoL of caregivers. Also, there is need to rotate
caregivers among family members and incorporating recreational activities for informal caregivers of
Covid-19 patients to improve their Qo