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ArticleHeliyon2023

Unexpected changes and associated factors of care burden among caregivers of cancer patients one year after COVID-19 outbreak.

Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Malihe Ameri, Amy Baraniak, Samuel Grimwood, Mohammad Hasan Basirinezhad, Hossein Ebrahimi

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Level of caregiving burden and affecting factors in family caregivers of patients with lung cancer: A cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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Seyedmohammad MirhosseiniDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, 3614773955, Iran.
Malihe AmeriDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, 3614773955, Iran.
Amy BaraniakSchool of Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK.
Samuel GrimwoodInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Mohammad Hasan BasirinezhadDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Hossein EbrahimiCenter for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, 3614773955, Iran.

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Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the changes in the care burden and quality of life of caregivers of cancer patients and correlates of care burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study used the census sampling technique with 260 cancer patients and their caregivers during January to March 2020 in northeast Iran. Data collection tools included the Novak and Guest Care Burden Scale, the SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Scale (DASS-21). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent Results: Baseline scores of care burden and quality of life in caregivers suggested mild to moderate care burden and a reasonable quality of life and moderate levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in patients. The post-outbreak mean scores of care burden and quality of life significantly decreased and increased, respectively ( Conclusion: Despite the results obtained, supportive and educational interventions are needed to reduce the caregiver burden and improve the quality of life of caregivers and measure its impact on levels of psychological distress in their patients clinically.

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CancerCaregiverCaregiver burdenCOVID-19Quality of life

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