Page No 196-206
Chetna Jaiswal, Nishi Srivastava, Unnikannan P Santhosh Kumar,
and S Aparna Sankar,
Central University of South Bihar, Gaya
Cancer is a chronic disease that causes patients and caregivers to lose control over
their lives, has an adverse effect on their personal, social, and professional lives. Cancer
patients can require a lot of care, and those who provide it face the danger of experiencing
physical and mental discomfort. This study aims to identify the relationship between
Quality of life (QOL), Caregiver Burden and Resilience among cancer caregivers and
further aims to study the role of gender among cancer caregivers. A correlational as
well as cross-sectional study was designed to obtain a sample of 100 cancer caregivers
from Kerala. All the scales including the Socio-Demographic data sheet, WHOQOLBREF, Burden Assessment Schedule and Resilience Scale were used to collect data.
A significant correlation among study variables and significant differences in these
variables between male and female Caregivers, were found. The present study has
practical implications for acknowledging and improving the QOL of cancer caregivers
and planning intervention programs for them to help them learn to deal with psychological
issues like burden and stress
.