title: Quality of life of caregivers: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: This descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the quality of life of cancer caregivers. One hundred and seventy-eight caregivers of patients who were diagnosed with cancer in Gaziantep oncology hospital participated in the study. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and quality of life scale. The scale was scored between 0 and 10, where '10' indicated the best and '0' indicated the worst level. It was determined that the majority of caregivers were young and female, the overall total score average of quality of life was 4.5 ± 1.1, and the subdomain with the lowest value was the psychological subdomain. All quality of life subdomain score averages and the overall total score averages were observed to be low in women, as well as in those who provided care for their own children, who lived in the same house with the patient and who gave care for 19-24 h daily.
authors.affiliation: Gaziantep University, Faculty of Health Science, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ovayolu
authors.forename: Nimet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ovayolu
authors.forename: Döndü
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tuna
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serçe
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sevinç
authors.forename: Lütfiye
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pirbudak Çöçelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Turkey.; cancer; caregivers; quality of life