Results
±, affliction, COPD, chronic diseases
COPD, CHRONIC DISEASES
Initially, 76 eligible FCs of patients with COPD were recruited for the study. Three participants from the intervention group were excluded due to reluctance to use the application (The flow diagram of the studyThe means of participants’ age and duration of caregiving were 47.7 ± 13.8 and 4.2 ± 4.8 years in the control group and 44.1 ± 14.8 and 4.4 ± 5.6 years in the intervention group. Most participants in these groups were female (82.9% vs. 71.4%) and patients’ spouse (51.42% vs. 62.85%) and did not report a history of affliction by chronic diseases (62.9% vs. 54.3%). Groups did not significantly differ from each other respecting participants’ demographic characteristics (Between-group comparisons concerning participants’ characteristics4.4 ± 5.6Median (IQR): 3 (3)4.2 ± 4.8Median (IQR): 3 (4)The pretest mean score of CB was 50.77 ± 10.64 in the control group and 49.77 ± 7.65 in the intervention group with no significant between-group difference (Between- and within-group comparisons respecting the mean scores of caregiver burden and quality of lifeThe pretest mean score of QOL in the control and the intervention groups was respectively 27.82 ± 3.9 and 26.71 ± 3.5 and the between-group difference was not significant (