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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023

Caregiving burden, depression, and anxiety among family caregivers of patients with cancer: An investigation of patient and caregiver factors.

Zhaleh Karimi Moghaddam, Mina Rostami, Alireza Zeraatchi, Jahangir Mohammadi Bytamar, Omid Saed, Saeedeh Zenozian

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Caregiver burden, anxiety, and quality-of-life among informal caregivers of patient with head and neck cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  20. Caregiver health literacy in head and neck cancer and its relationship with caregiver and patient psychological distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhaleh Karimi MoghaddamDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Mina RostamiSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Alireza ZeraatchiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Valiasr-e-Asr Hospital, Ayatollah Mousavi Hospital, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Jahangir Mohammadi BytamarDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Beheshti Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Omid SaedDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Beheshti Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Saeedeh ZenozianDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Beheshti Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Caring for patients with cancer can result in significant burden, anxiety, and depression among family caregivers, leading to alterations in their mental and physical wellbeing. Evidence on the level of cancer caregivers' burden, depression, anxiety, their role in assisting their patients, and other patient and caregiver factors that play in improving/worsening the outcomes, is limited. This study explored the prevalence of caregiving burden, depression, and anxiety with a focus on the patient and caregiver-related factors among cancer family caregivers. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the population of caregivers of adult patients with cancer in Zanjan, Iran between 2019 and 2020. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) were used to measure outcome variables. Clinical and basic characteristics of the caregivers and patients were also collected. An independent samples Results: Mean ± standard deviation age of the caregivers (167 men and 133 women) was 40.77 ± 12.56. Of the caregivers, 46.3, 53, and 30.7% showed severe depression, anxiety, and burden, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between ZBI with both BDI [ Conclusion: High levels of depression, anxiety, and burden were observed among the caregivers of patients with cancer. These findings underline the importance of paying close attention to the needs and psychological challenges of this population.

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