OBJECTIVE: Due to increase in elderly population as result of longer life expectancy and the incidence of @entity102 , greater importance should be given to elderly care and the needs of primary caregivers. The purpose of this study was to determine @entity308 status of caregivers who were providing in-home healthcare services. METHODS: This study was conducted with caregivers for 63 home-dependent @entity1 who benefited from the services provided by Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Family Practice Clinic between May 15, 2013 and July 1, 2013 using a socio-demographic variables questionnaire and the Beck @entity308 Inventory. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney U test, Student's-t test and chi-square test. RESULTS: Of the total, 87.3% of survey @entity1 were @entity1 . Average age was 52.47 years; 73% were married, 17.5% were single, and 9.5% were widows. Monthly income of 50.8% of @entity1 was between TL 1000 and 3000. Of all the @entity1 , 77.8% were totally, and 22.2% were semi-dependent. @entity308 was detected in 61.1% of @entity1 relatives who were responsible for @entity1 healthcare and in 22.2% of paid professional caregivers (p=0.052). @entity308 was detected at rate of 37% in caregivers who had been providing nursing care for less than 1 year, 63% for those who had been caregivers for 1 to 5 years, and for those providing care for more than 5 years, rate was 63 %. Rate of @entity308 in study @entity1 overall was 55.6%. CONCLUSION: Duration of providing care, dependency level of @entity1 , and level of intimacy affect caregivers. They need psychological support.

Determining XXXX level of caregivers providing home healthcare services.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depression'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disease']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['depression']
