Aim: The study aimed to examine the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and burden among family caregivers of elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis, in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational designs were used. A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to recruit 50 caregivers by a simple random sample. Pearson correlation was used to correlate socio-demographic data, HRQOL, and burden degree. Ethical approval was assured.
Results: A statistically significant negative association was found between the degree of burden and HRQOL among family caregivers. There was a significant positive association between burden degree and the caregivers’ age, marital status, the duration of caregiving and care recipient’s age, physical function, physical health problems, and emotional problems. Meanwhile, there was a negative association between burden degree and level of education, general health perception, emotional well-being, vitality, and social functioning.
Conclusion: When the nurses understand the relationship between the burden of care experience among the caregivers and HRQOL, it leads them to intervene effectively with a multi-disciplinary team to support caregivers to minimize the level of burden and avoid burnout. 

Faiza A. Abou El-Soud has had a distinct teaching experience since 1993. She got her BSN from Cairo University, Egypt. Following her master's Degree and doctorate in nursing from Menoufia University, Egypt. She had a postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, USA for one year. Faiza has more than thirty years of experience in Teaching and academic nursing career. She held many academic positions in various as a nursing professor in ARE, and an associate professor in UAE. Currently, she acts as an assistant professor in community health nursing for the BNS program and midwifery programs for the master program at KSAU-CONR. Dr. Abou El-Soud contributed to many scientific committees and she eagers to establish multidisciplinary approaches in curriculum development, ensuring the highest quality teaching and research, and raising the progress of students' knowledge and skills. Supervising the completion of undergraduate students and master's on their research projects and thesis. She has carried out and contributed to many community-based projects and publications. In 2018, Dr. Abou El-Soud received the best award for a Poster Presentation at, the 4th Annual Congress and Medicine Expo on Trauma & Critical Care Pairs, France. In 2023, Dr. Abou El-Soud received the best award for Oral Presentation, 2nd Research Day, Exploring Recent Trends in Nursing Sciences. Dr. Abou El-Soud’s research focuses primarily on geriatric health, activity restriction, and rehabilitation. However, the scope of research interest is extended to include using artificial intelligence and its impact on nursing care and students’ performance.