Background: Adherence to treatment can effect cognitive conditions and medication and dietary compliance in HF patients. Caregiver burnout may affect a patient�s\ndisease adherence and beliefs.\nObjective: This study was descriptive design and carry out to determine the relationship of caregiver burden with compliance and belief in HF patients.\nPatients and methods: The study was performed at the University Hospital in the Province of Gaziantep, Turkey and comprised 92 heart failure patients who\nwere hospitalized in cardiology clinics and their caregivers. In this study, a questionnaire regard socio-demographic data and disease, the Beliefs about Medication\nCompliance Scale, the Beliefs about Dietary Compliance Scale, the Beliefs about Self-Monitoring Scale and The Zarit Burden Interview were used to collect data.\nResults: There were significant differences in the burden of the caregiver for different lengths of caregiving duration (r=0.265, P=0.011). It was determined that\nthe patients of caregivers with a high level of burden had higher perceived benefits of medication and dietary compliance and self-monitoring while their perceived\nbarriers to medication compliance were low.\nConclusion: It could be argued that the higher the burden of caregivers, the higher the disease compliance of patients.
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