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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 . |