title: Caregivers of patients with chronic pain: responses to care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the caregiving role of nonprofessional caregivers of patients with chronic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of 30 caregivers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-eight (93%) caregivers demonstrated 1 to 6 defining characteristics of caregiver role strain, and 2 (7%) had at least two factors of risk for caregiver role strain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caring for patients with chronic pain has a meaningful impact on caregivers' lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caregivers of patients with chronic pain deserve care, not only with the objective of optimizing relief for the patients, but also to help them seek and attain optimal functionality.
authors.affiliation: Nursing School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. mtmllf@usp
authors.forename: Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: da Cruz
authors.forename: Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pimenta
authors.forename: Geana Paula
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Ana Cláudia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D018710:Pain Clinics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012380:Role; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload