High perceived caregiver burden for relatives of patients following hip fracture surgery Ariza Vega, María Patrocinio Ortiz Piña, Mariana Elizabeth Tange Kristensen, Morten Castellote Caballero, Yolanda Jiménez Moleón, José Juan Caregiver burden Hip fracture Influence factors Purpose: To determine the profile of the main informal caregivers, evolution of the caregiver burden and influencing factors of caregiver burden at 1-year after hip fracture surgery. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, a total of 172 informal caregivers of patients were interviewed during one year following hip fracture surgery in a regional hospital. The perceived caregiver burden was assessed using the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI, 0-13 points). Results: The median (Q1-Q3) age of the 172 caregivers was 54 (47-65) years, of which 133 (77%) were woman and 94 (55%) were daughters of the patient. 79 of the 172 (46%) caregivers perceived a high level of burden (CSI ≥ 7 points) at the hospital. The corresponding CSI-data for 1-month, 3-months and 1-Year were 87 (51%), 61 (35%) and 45 (26%). A low pre-fracture functional status, post-surgery complications, older age of patients and younger age of caregivers influence caregiver burden at 1-year. Conclusions: The profile of the main caregiver of hip fracture is a woman of middle age and is the daughter of the patient. The perceived caregiver burden decreased from 1-month to 1- year. More efforts are needed to avoid post-surgical complications in order to prevent caregiver burden at 1-year. Key 2024-02-02T12:58:17Z 2024-02-02T12:58:17Z 2019-02 journal article Published version: Ariza-Vega P, Ortiz-Piña M, Kristensen MT, Castellote-Caballero Y, Jiménez-Moleón JJ. High perceived caregiver burden for relatives of patients following hip fracture surgery. Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Feb;41(3):311-318. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1390612. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88034 10.1080/09638288.2017.1390612 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Taylor & Francis