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caregiver burden among iranian heart failure family caregivers: a descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study
background:living with patients of chronic diseases such as heart failure (hf) is a difficult situation for the caregivers. this study explored the iranian family caregivers’ burden of caregiving for patients with hf. materials and methods: eighteen family caregivers of the hf patients from two governmental medical training centers in isfahan, iran were recruited using purposive sampling. data ...
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BACKGROUND Living with patients of chronic diseases such as heart failure (HF) is a difficult situation for the caregivers. This study explored the Iranian family caregivers' burden of caregiving for patients with HF. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen family caregivers of the HF patients from two governmental medical training centers in Isfahan, Iran were recruited using purposive sampling. Data...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Critical Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1062-3264,1937-710X
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2009300