Open AccessAssessing burden and its determinants in caregivers of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing haemodialysis
Author(s) -
S. Joseph,
Samrat Singh Bhandarı,
Sanjiba Dutta,
Dheeraj Khatri,
Alka Upadhyay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open journal of psychiatry and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-2061
pISSN - 2394-2053
DOI - 10.5958/2394-2061.2021.00017.3
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , caregiver burden , depression (economics) , comorbidity , disease burden , disease , dialysis , kidney disease , cross sectional study , physical therapy , gerontology , psychiatry , pathology , dementia , paleontology , macroeconomics , economics , biology
Caregivers face a lot of adversities while supporting their near ones undergoing haemodialysis, and their burden is often ignored by health professionals. The paucity of research in the Indian context has kept their needs out of sight.