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Article Factors Affecting the Burden and Quality of Life of Caregivers For\rgynecological Cancer Patients(AVES, 2022) Yaşar, Beril Nisa; Terzioğlu, FüsunObjective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the care burden and quality of life of caregivers of patients with gynecologic cancer.\rMaterial and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 251 individuals who provided care to patients with gynecologic cancer in gynecologic oncology\rservices of a university hospital and a state oncology hospital. The data were collected by a semi-structured questionnaire form, Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI),\rand Quality of Life Family Version.\rResults: The mean age of the participants was 39.76 ± 14.20; 79.3% of them were female, 65.3% were married, 28.7% were high school graduates, 57.4% were\remployed and 56.2% were unemployed before starting care, 91.2% had health insurance, 58.6% perceived their income as moderate, and 57% had relatives of the\rpatient receiving care. Care burden was statistically significant in terms of gender, marital status, educational level, and degree of affinity with the patient (P < .005).\rThe correlation between caregivers’ quality of life, gender, health insurance, income status, and the degree of affinity with the patient was statistically significant\r(P < .005).\rConclusion: As a result of this study, it was determined that some socio-demographic characteristics of the caregivers of patients with gynecologic cancer affected\rthe care burden and quality of life.Article Citation - WoS: 52Citation - Scopus: 52Hopelessness, Death Anxiety, and Social Support of Hospitalized Patients With Gynecologic Cancer and Their Caregivers(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019) Uslu-Sahan, Fatma; Terzioglu, Fusun; Koc, GultenBackground Gynecologic cancer can create hopelessness and death anxiety and alter the lifestyle of the affected women and their caregivers. Perceived social support may facilitate coping with this illness. Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether hospitalized patients with gynecologic cancer and their caregivers differ in feelings of hopelessness and death anxiety and how those conditions may be related to their social support. Methods Two hundred patients with gynecologic cancer and their 200 caregivers from 1 university hospital were enrolled in this descriptive correlational study. Study measures included a demographic form, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Thorson-Powell's Death Anxiety Scale. Data were analyzed using Student t test, Pearson correlation test, and linear regression analyses. Results Patients had higher hopelessness and death anxiety compared with caregivers (P < .001). Patients' perceived social support explained 35% of the total variance in hopelessness and 28% of the variance in death anxiety; caregivers' perceived social support explained 40% of the total variance in hopelessness and 12% of the variance in death anxiety. Conclusion Patients felt hopelessness and death anxiety in greater rates than caregivers. Social support had a significant effect on hopelessness and death anxiety of patients and their caregivers.
