The Relationship of Stress and Hopelessness among Caregivers of Life Threatening Illnesses

Abstract

The current study aimed to measure stress and hopelessness among caregivers of life threatening illnesses. Purposive sampling technique was used and a sample consisted of 180 (90 male &90 female) caregivers of cancer and liver cirrhosis patients, aged 17 to 60 years was taken from Liver center DHQ and Cancer center Allied Hospital. DASS Stress scale by Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) and Beck hopelessness scale by Beck (1993) were used. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Independent T-test were computed for the statistical analysis of the data. Findings indicate insignificant correlation between stress and hopelessness. Further this study find out that older age caregivers experience high level of stress and hopelessness as compare to younger age caregivers.

Keywords: Stress, Hopelessness, Caregivers, Life threatening illness, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient, Independent sample T-test.