Effectiveness of dialysis homecare training (D-HCT) on quality of life, caregiver burden and family well being among caregivers of hemodialysis patients in a tertiary care hospital of Southern India.

Study will be conducted after obtaining appropriate permission in the dialysis unit of Kasturba Hospital Manipal. The participants will be explained about the study and their participation in the research. Samples are selected using a purposive sampling technique. The researcher has adopted Pre experimental one group pretest posttest research design. Caregivers of dialysis patients are the participants in the study. While patients are receiving dialysis, the caregivers would be available in the waiting area and the data will be collected during that timeThe data on demographic variables will be collected by administering demographic proforma . During the pretest the caregivers will be given WHOQOL – BREF 26 to assess their quality-of-life, Caregiver burden will be measured by Zarit Caregiver Burden scale and to determine the family well – being by caregivers using a structured self-reported family well – being questionnaire. Then the caregivers will be given dialysis home care training in the form of an interventional booklet. On subsequent visits for dialysis, the researcher will be doing the follow up of the intervention by means of a quiz to ensure compliance. After three weeks of gap from the intervention, the post-test will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of dialysis home care training on quality of life, caregiver burden and family well-being using the same data collection instruments.