Burden of Care Evaluation in Mothers of Cancer Children Admitted to Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran
Abstract:
Background
In the process of cancer treatment, mothers of children with cancer experience burden of care as a result of these conditions. Early detection of burden of care has an important role in promoting health care. The aim of this study was to evaluate burden of care in mothers of children with a malignancy.
Materials And Methods
This cross sectional study was done on 70 mothers of children with cancer in Oncology Department of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran, during December 2015March 2016. The required data were collected demographic information and burden of care questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using T-test, ANOVA, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient.
Results
In this study, the mean age of mothers and children was 47. 5 ± 8. 54 and 5. 3 ± 3. 2 years old, respectively. Moreover, 12. 9٪of mothers had low burden of care and 71. 4٪ and 15. 7٪of them experienced moderate to severe burden of care, respectively. An inverse relation (R=-0. 322) was found between emotional burden of care and education as well as age of mothers (p
Conclusion
The result of this study showed that the majority of mothers of children with a malignancy had moderate to severe burden of care. Therefore, effective interventions are recommended to medical team members to reduce burden of care in mothers
Language:
English
Published:
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Volume:7 Issue: 1, Winter 2017
Pages:
16 to 24
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