Other Side of Breast Cancer: Factors Associated with Caregiver Burden
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PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine factors associated with caregiver burden among primary caregivers of women with breast cancer in Iran. METHODS: This was a descriptive correlation study conducted in 2012 on 150 main caregivers of patients with breast cancer who came to the oncology clinic of Shahid Ghazi hospital in Tabriz, Iran. A questionnaire which included caregiving-related factors and the Zarit Burden Interview was used for data collection after its validity and reliability were determined. Data was analyzed using SPSS 13.0 software with descriptive and analytic statistics. The association between significant variables and the dependent variable with an observation of the effects of other variables was assessed using the multiple linear regression model. RESULTS: The mean age of caregivers was 39.60 ± 13.80 years old, and 77 (51.3%) of them were men. The mean score of the Zarit Burden Interview was 30.55 ± 19.18. In the regression model, the mean score of activities of daily living, level of education, gender, and financial status were identified as the determining factors of the burden of caregivers. CONCLUSIONS: Primary caregivers need to be financially supported by the relevant organizations. Care skills training and providing palliative care seem helpful in reducing the pain and the burden of family caregivers for patients with breast cancer.
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A number of studies from Iran showed that family caregivers of patients with different stages of cancer experience significant caregiver burden, which was associated with poorer quality of life and identified some factors predicting higher burden such as shorter time since cancer diagnosis and higher family distress.
“A number of studies from Iran showed that FCs of patients with different stages of cancer experience significant CB which was associated with poorer quality of life and identified some factors predicting higher burden like shorter time since cancer diagnosis and higher family distress [10, 13, 14].”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn a study from Iran, not enough income for living expenses was significantly associated with caregiver burden.
“In a study from another country in the EMRO region (Iran), no enough income for living expenses was significantly associated with CB [14].”
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- Authors
- Vahidi, M., Mahdavi, N., Asghari, E., Ebrahimi, H., Eivazi Ziaei, J., Hosseinzadeh, M., Namdar Areshtanab, H., & Kermani, I. A.
- Affiliations
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Asghari, Elnaz
- ORCID
- Venue
- Asian Nursing Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 201-206
- ISSN
- 1976-1317 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2471947635
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 11.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Licence
- Locations
- Asian Nursing Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- University of Tabriz
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Keywords
- caregiver burden, breast cancer, family caregivers, Zarit Burden Interview, activities of daily living, caregiver education level, caregiver gender, palliative care, caregiver support
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Breast Neoplasms, Family, Female, Health Status, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Socioeconomic Factors, Caregivers, Cost of Illness, Marital Status
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