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. 2023 Oct 31;9(11):e21243.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21243. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Factors influencing cancer patients' caregivers' burden and quality of life: An integrative review

Jotsna Akter  1   2 , Kennedy Diema Konlan  1   3 , Meherun Nesa  1   2 , Aloysia Ispriantari  1   4
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Factors influencing cancer patients' caregivers' burden and quality of life: An integrative review

Jotsna Akter et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

This integrative review assessed the factors influencing cancer patients' caregivers' burden and quality of life (QoL). Relevant studies were retrieved from five electronic databases and screened. After systematic screening by title, abstract, and full text, the review included 15 studies published between 2000 and 2022 and used an interpretive thematic synthesis design for analysis. Age (older), sex (male), high work requirements, relationships with patients, low-income levels, high subjective stress, patient dependency level, and trait anxiety were significantly associated with higher caregiver burden. Factors associated with the low QoL of caregivers were age (less than 35 years), caregiving role (more responsibility), relationship with patients (first-degree relative), low income, living in the same home with the patient, and higher social and family responsibilities. A moderate negative correlation (n = 6) was identified between the sum of the QoL scores and the burden. Future research should be integrated into identifying appropriate means to support caregivers of patients with chronic diseases, including cancer by segregating interventions to target specific caregiver populations.

Keywords: Caregiver burden; Oncology; Quality of life; Review.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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