Abstract
Objectives: To assess psychological burden of care givers of child with cancer at Al-Amal Hospital inBaghdad City.Method: Descriptive study conducted among 50 caregivers, they are using self-administration method toanswer the psychological burden items. The data collection started from October 7th 2019 to March, 9st2020 at Al-Amal Hospital in Baghdad city.Results: 50% of caregivers had moderate level of psychological burden and 44% had severe level ofpsychological burden. The grand mean was (2.21) at moderate level of assessment. There is no significantrelationship between the caregivers psychological burden and their general information at P-value 0.05.Conclusion: the care giver had moderate to severe psychological burden due to caring child with cancer.They are need for psychological support.
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