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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 1268-1272.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2017.12.003

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The introduction of the measuring instruments for caregiver burden of tuberculosis patients

ZHANG Man-hui, YAO Hong-yan, LIU Jian-jun   

  1. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2017-10-19 Revised:2018-01-10 Online:2017-12-10 Published:2018-01-11
  • Contact: LIU Jian-jun, E-mail: liujj@chinacdc.cn

Abstract: Caregiver burden refers to the emotional, social, financial, physical and mental adverse effects that caregivers perceive when caring for patients. Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, which remains a major public health burden in China. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to study the caregiver burden of tuberculosis patients. We elaborated the necessity of this study, the status quo of the caregiver burden of tuberculosis patients and its available measuring instruments, and analyzed the requirement of the measuring tools, thus providing a basis for evaluating the present situation of TB-patients caregiver burden and scheduling intervention methods, so as to provide a reference for further researches.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Cost of illness, Questionnaires