Predictors of caregiver burden in mothers of children with leukemia and cerebral palsy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gizem Kerimoğlu Yıldız; Cengiz Kılıç; Sevil Çınar; Handan Boztepe; Ayşe Ay
- Source
- Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 37:69-78
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Mothers
Cerebral palsy
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
medicine
Humans
Child
Psychiatry
Applied Psychology
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Leukemia
030504 nursing
Depression
business.industry
Cerebral Palsy
Infant
food and beverages
Caregiver burden
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Sick child
Psychiatry and Mental health
Caregivers
Oncology
Child, Preschool
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
0305 other medical science
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1540-7586
0734-7332
Caring for a sick child can lead to considerable burden in the caregiver. Comparative studies of burden in mothers of children with different types of disorders are rare.We assessed levels of and risk factors for burden in mothers of children with leukemia (n: 70) or with cerebral palsy (CP) (n: 69). Subjects were recruited from two hospitals in Ankara.Levels of burden or depression were not different between groups. Burden was predicted by the presence of depression in the mother and severity of illness in both groups. In the leukemia group, mothers reported higher burden if the child was male or younger; no such relationship was observed in the CP group.Our results show that type of illness has an effect on levels of burden. Mothers of children with leukemia should receive more attention, especially if their child is male or younger, to take preventive measures against burden.