Background: Family caregivers play an essential role, usually unpaid, in caring for patients with cancer. Older patients with cancer are cared for by a family member, who may not be prepared for the challenges. Aim of study: Was to assess burden of care among caregivers for elderly cancer patients. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Oncology Out-Patient Clinic in Benha University Hospital for caregivers with cancer patients. Sample: Simple random sample were used. The total numbers of study sample were 261 caregivers accompted by cancer patient were be taken randomly. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used First tool: A Structured interviewing questionnaire, which covers the following parts Part I-A: socio Demographic data of studied caregivers. B: socio Demographic data of patients. Part II: Knowledge of caregivers regarding cancer. Part IV: Practices of caregivers regarding cancer. Second tool: The Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale. Results: 67.8% of the studied caregivers had average knowledge about cancer. 52.1% of the studied caregivers had satisfactory practices score regarding to care of their cancer patients. 82.8% of the studied caregivers had high burden of care. Conclusion: There was a great impact on elderly cancerous patients' relatives. There was statistically significant difference relation between total caregivers burden of care and total practices (P<0.05). That means when caregivers practices increase the burden of care increase. Recommendations: Health educational program should be developed and implemented for the caregivers to educate them about the caring early warning signs and symptoms of cancer complications.
Mohamed Mohamed, M., Said Sabry, S., & Gamal El- Dein Ibrahim, S. (2023). Burden of Care among Caregivers for Elderly Cancer Patients. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4(1), 457-473. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277733
MLA
Mona Mohamed Mohamed; Samah Said Sabry; Shimaa Gamal El- Dein Ibrahim. "Burden of Care among Caregivers for Elderly Cancer Patients", Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4, 1, 2023, 457-473. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277733
HARVARD
Mohamed Mohamed, M., Said Sabry, S., Gamal El- Dein Ibrahim, S. (2023). 'Burden of Care among Caregivers for Elderly Cancer Patients', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4(1), pp. 457-473. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277733
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Mohamed Mohamed, M., Said Sabry, S., Gamal El- Dein Ibrahim, S. Burden of Care among Caregivers for Elderly Cancer Patients. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2023; 4(1): 457-473. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277733
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