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Observational studyJournal of epidemiology and global health2020

Care-Related Quality of Life of Caregivers of Beta-Thalassemia Major Children: An Epidemiological Study in Eastern India.

Bijit Biswas, Narendra Nath Naskar, Keya Basu, Aparajita Dasgupta, Rivu Basu, Bobby Paul

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Observational study in Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Comprehensive Gap Analysis of Risk Factors for Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia in Siblings.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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  6. Quality of life and thalassemia in India: A scoping review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bijit BiswasDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Narendra Nath NaskarDepartment of Public Health Administration, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, India.
Keya BasuDepartment of Pathology, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Aparajita DasguptaDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, India.
Rivu BasuDepartment of Community Medicine, R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Bobby PaulDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, India.
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health · INMedical College and Hospital, Kolkata · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caregivers are the persons who provide care at the time of distress or illness. They face many stress and strain to provide the best possible medical care for their children. There are very few studies that explored the care-related quality of life (CarerQoL) of the caregivers of thalassemic children and its correlates. With this background, the current study was designed to explore the CarerQoL of the caregivers of

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beta-ThalassemiaCaregiversQuality of LifeChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIndiaMalecaregiverseducationknowledgequality of lifesocial discriminationThalassemia

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PMID32538034
PMCPMC7310773
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