The Relation Between Informal Caregiver’s Stress Towards Quality of Life Stroke Patients

Stroke is a cause of significant lifestyle changes related to patient mobility, emotional patterns, behavior, and communication skills that affect the quality of life stroke patients. Caregivers are qualified people who are responsible for providing daily needs of patients. Mental and physical health is important for caregivers to provide care of patients. This study aimed to determine the relation of informal caregiver stress level to the quality of life of stroke patients in RSUD Kota Depok period 2019. This study was an analytical study with a cross sectional design. The sample of this study was 36 outpatients at the Neurology Polyclinic RSUD Kota Depok taken by purposive sampling technique. This study was analyzed by Gamma and Somers’d test. Gamma and Somers’d test results showed that there was a relation between the informal caregiver’s stress level (p = 0.001; r: -0.475) with quality of life stroke patients. This study concluded that informal caregiver stress level related to the quality of life of stroke patients in RSUD Kota Depok period 2019.