Vahidi Maryam, Mahdavi Nader, Asghari Elnaz, Ebrahimi Hossein, Eivazi Ziaei Jamal, Hosseinzadeh Mina, Namdar Areshtanab Hossein, Kermani Iraj Asvadi
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Epidemiology, Public Health faculty, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). 2016 Sep;10(3):201-206. doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2016.06.002. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
This study aimed to determine factors associated with caregiver burden among primary caregivers of women with breast cancer in Iran.
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.
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.
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.
本研究旨在确定伊朗乳腺癌女性患者主要照顾者中与照顾者负担相关的因素。
这是一项描述性相关性研究，于2012年对150名乳腺癌患者的主要照顾者进行，这些照顾者来自伊朗大不里士沙希德·加齐医院的肿瘤门诊。在确定问卷的有效性和可靠性后，使用一份包含与照顾相关因素和 Zarit 负担访谈的问卷进行数据收集。使用SPSS 13.0软件进行描述性和分析性统计分析数据。使用多元线性回归模型评估显著变量与因变量之间的关联，并观察其他变量的影响。
照顾者的平均年龄为39.60 ± 13.80岁，其中77名（51.3%）为男性。Zarit 负担访谈的平均得分为30.55 ± 19.18。在回归模型中，日常生活活动得分、教育程度、性别和经济状况被确定为照顾者负担的决定因素。
主要照顾者需要得到相关组织的经济支持。护理技能培训和提供姑息治疗似乎有助于减轻乳腺癌患者家庭照顾者的痛苦和负担。
