Abstract 17165: Factors Associated With Heart failure Family Caregiver Sleep Quality

Introduction: Caring for persons with heart failure (HF) is demanding and stressful, and may affect sleep quality of family caregivers (FCGs). Although FGCs report sleep disturbances, little is known about factors associated with sleep quality of FCGs of persons with HF. The purpose of this study was to examine the sleep quality of FCGs of persons with HF and associated sociodemographic, clinical and FCG stress factors. Methods: Baseline data from a family caregiver intervention study were used. Participants were FCGs of persons with HF (N=127, mean age 55.3 ± 1.5years, 92% women, 58% African American).Variables measured were self-reported overall sleep quality (PSQI), sociodemographics (age, gender, race, relationship with care recipient), co morbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index), caregiver stress (Perceived Stress Scale), physical and mental strain (Caregiver Strain Index), life changes resulting from caregiving (Bakas Caregiving Outcome Scale) and caregiving difficulty (Oberst_difficulty & time). Anal...