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Abstract Improving the coping strategies of caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients lead to decreasein the care pressure.Aim: To evaluate the effect of coping strategies program on quality of life and burden of care among family caregivers of Alzheimer patients. Design: A quasi-experimental. Setting: At the neurologic outpatient clinics of the psychiatric hospital in Port Said city in Egypt. Sample: Convenience sample of family caregivers (110). Tools: Family Caregivers’ Socio-demographic Personal Questionnaire; Cognitive AssessmentQuestionnaire, Montgomery Caregivers’ Burden Scale; and Health-Related Quality of Life Scale, were used for data collection. Results: There were highly statistically significant differences between total items of the caregivers burden assessment through all phases of the program where at p<0.05.Also, there were an improvement in quality of lifeespecially in emotional health.Conclusion: Reduced the caregivers burden experienced and affected their quality of life positively. |