الفهرس 
Epidemiology of cancerOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. Eighty four million people
will die in the next ten years if action is not taken. More than seventy percent of
all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where resources
available for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer are limited or
nonexistent. The terms family caregiver and informal caregiver refer to an unpaid
family member, friend, or neighbor who provides care to an individual who has
an acute or chronic condition and needs assistance to manage a variety of tasks
A reported comparable levels of care giving and burden across cancer
caregivers, however, both of this group provided more hours of care per week,
assisted with a greater number of daily activities, and reported greater levels of
financial ,physical and psychological distress.
The cancer patients the estimated prevalence of anxiety and depression
among their family caregivers were high level of anxiety and depression .
Physical well-being is an important component of oncology caregivers’
quality of life. Physical well-being refers to physical functioning, fatigue, sleep
quality, health problems and self-care behaviors such as exercise, nutrition,
recreational activities, rest and sleep
The study aimed to estimate frequency of different malignant diseases
among the families and assess the possible effect of the disease on the studied
families
The identified families were 356 families from total 5000 family registered
in Manshaat Sultan village and 25000 individuals. Ten families were excluded
for pilot study. The families who accept complete the interview were 312
families with response rate 87.6 %.
A number of tools were administered to assess the selected variables. For
collecting necessary information about the effect of cancer on family caregivers
a specially designed information schedule was used.
1- socioeconomic scale
2- Physical Caregiver Burden Scale
3- HAD Scale
4- Comprehensive Score For financial Toxicity(COST scale)
All these data were collected through using predesigned questionnaire,
the practical aspect of the study conducted from the 1st of August 2015 to the
end of January 2017 .
The loan of psychological burden on family caregivers in study area that
anxiety positive cases among family caregivers was (47%), depression positive
cases among family caregivers was (18.3%).And (63.5%)of family caregivers
had no financial burden in Manshaat Sultan that indicated good social
cooperation. And (16.98 %) of family caregivers had stress level for provide
assistance physical burden for cancer patients .
so it is recommended that :
1. Family physician treatment for cancer mustn’t include patients only but
also their family caregivers must be involved in management.
2. Government & not government authorizes must support financial level
of family caregivers .