Exploratory study of psychological factors affecting quality of life of caregivers in palliative care cancer patients

Abstract

Cancer affects not only the patient but also other family members specifically the newlinecaregivers who are family members primary caregiver is expected by the society and newlineother family members to care for the patient Caring for a patient with cancer has an newlineimpact on the caregivers quality of life In order to understand the psychological newlinecorrelates of burden and its effect on the quality of life the present study explored the quality of life of caregivers of different cancer patients in palliative care newline