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Aim: This research was carried out to determine the effect of care burden on the stress coping conditions of people who care for Alzheimer’s patients. Material and Method: The research population consisted of 180 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s who were admitted to the Neurology Outpatient Clinic between January and August 2014, who were hospitalized in the Ondokuz Mayıs University Health Practice and Research Center Neurology Service and Neurology Intensive Care Unit. 120 caregivers who accepted to participate in the research and who were first-degree responsible for individuals with Alzheimer’s were included in the sample. Research data were collected with “Introductory Information about Caregiver”, “Care Delivery Burden Scale” and “Stress Coping Styles Scale”. The coding and evaluation of the data was done in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 21 (SPSS) package program on computer. In the evaluation of the data; Percentage, arithmetic mean, Pearson Correlation Analysis, Cronbach’s Alpha, internal consistency tests were used. One-Way ANOVA test and t test were used in the analysis of independent variables. Results: In the study, the mean score obtained from the Care Delivery Burden Scale was found as 41.64 ± 20.26, where a minimum score of 0 and a maximum of 88 can be obtained from the scale. Accordingly, it has been determined that the burden of care is high. In the statistical analysis between gender and caregiver burden, it was found that there was a significant difference for women (p< 0.05). In order to cope with stress, individuals who care for the patients are mostly “Confident Approach” (12.99 ± 3.81), “Desperate Approach” (12.13 ± 4.19), “Submissive Approach” (9.16 ± 3.52) were found to use subgroups. Conclusion: As a result of the study; it has been found that the care burden of people who care for patients with alzheimer’s is extremely high. A negative relationship was found between selfconfident approach and care burden.

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