Abstract: Objective To investigate the needs of main caregivers of home stroke patients and analyze its influence factors. Methods A total of 298 stroke patients and their main caregivers from the Department of Neurology, West China Hospital from September 2018 to January 2019 were enrolled. General information of patients and their main caregivers was collected, and the scale of main caregivers of stroke patients' needs was used to evaluate their needs. Univariate analysis was used to explore the relationship between the data of patients and caregiver and caregiver needs. Results Multivariate analysis showed patient gender (OR=0.558, 95%CI:0.329~0.945), number of assisted caregivers (OR=7.212, 95%CI:1.439~36.137) and education background of caregivers (OR=0.273, 95%CI:0.103~0.726) were independent influencing factors for the information need of the main caregivers; number of assisted caregivers (OR=2.467,95%CI:1.162~5.240), average monthly income of patients (OR=2.470,95%CI:1.216~5.019), relationship between caregrivers and the patient (OR=3.322, 95%CI:1.245~8.868) were independent influencing factors of care need of the main caregivers; number of assisted caregivers(OR=4.497,95%CI:1.130~22.110) was the independent influcencing factor of social support need of caregivers; age of the caregiver (OR=3.348, 95%CI:1.021~10.983) and number of assisted caregivers（OR=14.200,95%CI:2.521~79.988）were independent influencing factors of needs of primary caregivers. Conclusion The needs of the main caregivers of home stroke patients ranking from high to low are information need, social support need, caregivers' personal need and care skill need. Female patients, patients with higher per monthly income, well-educated caregivers, more assisted caregivers and children of caregivers are independent influencing factors of the main caregivers and medical staff should pay more attention to these groups and provide corresponding service in time so as to reduce the burden of caregivers.

Key words: stroke, main caregiver, home care, care needs