Burden of family caregivers for hemodialysis patients:a scoping review
10.3761/j.issn.0254-1769.2025.17.019
- VernacularTitle:血液透析患者家庭照顾者负担的范围综述
- Author:
Tiantian LI
1
;
Liping CUI
;
Ling WEI
;
Ling WANG
;
Nan QU
;
Yang ZHANG
;
Lifeng ZHANG
Author Information
1. 030619 山西省晋中市山西中医药大学护理学院
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Renal Dialysis;
Family Caregiver;
Burden;
Scoping Review;
Evidence-Based Nursing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nursing
2025;60(17):2165-2171
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective A scoping review of studies related to the burden on family carers of haemodialysis patients was conducted with the aim of comprehensively dissecting the current state of research in this area and informing subsequent studies.Methods A scope review reporting framework was used to search the CNKI,China Biomedical Literature Database,Vip Database,Wanfang Database,Chinese Medical Journal Full Text Database,PubMed,CINAHL,Web of Science,Cochrane Library,Scopus,and Embase,with a timeframe for searching the database from its construction to 29 March 2025.The included literature was summarised and analysed.Results A total of 25 papers were included,of which 21 reported scores/incidence of family carer burden,with overall results dominated by mild to moderate burden,involving 5 tools for assessing family carer burden,influencing factors(including demographic,disease-related,psychosocial,economic social,caregiving factors)and 6 other aspects.Intervention covers peer support groups,the 5-A model of self-management,health behaviours teaching,problem-focused strategies,etc.Conclusion The burden of family caregivers of haemodialysis patients at home and abroad is a common problem,which is affected by many factors,and it is urgent to carry out multi-centre,large-sample longitudinal studies and family-centred intervention studies in the future,so as to reduce the adverse effects of the burden of family caregivers,and to improve the patients' adherence to the treatment as well as the physical and mental health of the family caregivers.
