West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 1513-7368 20 6 2019 06 01 Family Caregivers’ Involvement in Caring with Cancer and their Quality of Life 1735 1741 88603 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.6.1735 EN Sevcan Toptas Kilic Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Ankara, Turkey. Fatma Oz Near East University, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin, Turkey. 0000-0002-1275-7743 Journal Article 2018 09 18 Background: Cancer is a chronic disease and a major health problem. It affects both patients and their family<br />caregivers multidimensionally. The family caregivers may be affected by not only the disease process but also hospital<br />policies, economic difficulties, accessibility and communication of health care service and can be in need of help.<br />This process may affect their quality of life. However, there have not been enough studies on quality of life of family<br />caregivers of patients with cancer in Turkish culture. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of<br />family caregivers of patients with cancer in Turkey. Objectives: The purpose of study was to evaluate the quality of<br />life of family caregivers with cancer patients in Turkey. Methods: Participants consist of the family caregivers who<br />volunteered to take part in this descriptive study from 11 hospitals (n =378) which has a daily chemotherapy units<br />and located within the boundaries of Ankara, Turkey. ‘Sociodemographic Characteristic Form’ and ‘Quality of Life<br />Scale-Family Version were used as data collection tool. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U, tests were used<br />for data analysis. Resultes:It is found that there are statistically significant difference among the factors of gender,<br />employment status, income level, and whether caregivers reside with their patients. Family caregivers’ quality of life is<br />negatively affected during the caregiving process (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results indicate that family caregivers’<br />quality of life are negatively affected to care process. The results of this research are important as they highlight the<br />need to also consider family caregivers’ quality of life when caring for patients, and study highlight possible areas in<br />which support can be provided for family caregivers of cancer patients in Turkey. https://journal.waocp.org/article_88603_d16bd726c4ab743b1ea18cd535ffd22e.pdf