To explore social, psychological and financial burden on caregivers of chronically diseased children.Participants were recruited from ambulatory and hospital areas in pediatrics department following informed consent. Parents who were caregivers of children 18 y or below in age with chronic illness were included. Socio-demographic details were collected using a semi structured questionnaire, adapted from Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS). The psychological well-being of caregivers was assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). Descriptive analysis and ANOVA was done for comparing mean scores of responses to analyze financial, psychological and social burden across different diagnosis.A total of 204 (89 females:115 males) participated. Only 27

作者：Ankush K, Khanna；Anusha, Prabhakaran；Priyanka, Patel；Jaishree D, Ganjiwale；Somashekhar M, Nimbalkar

来源：Indian journal of pediatrics 2015 年 82卷 11期