Caregiver burden and related factors in nursing students

Nursing students become responsible for many elements of nursing care. Their efforts of care generate caregiving burden. This study was conducted to determine caregiver burden and related factors in nursing students.
This cross-sectional study performed by using a convenience sampling method in 2015. One hundred and thirty-three nursing student from Semnan University of Medical Sciences participated in this study. The Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), Demographic and Educational Status Questionnaire (DEQ) were used to assess the caregiver burden and related factors in nursing students. The range of tools to measure caregiver burden scores from 0 to 100. Spearman correlation and Chi-Square tests were used to analyze the relationship between demographic and educational factors with caregiver burden.
The mean scores of total caregiver burden in nursing students were 39.47±11.52. Subscale analysis on the CBI revealed that the mean scores of time dependence, developmental, physical, social and emotional burdens were respectively 8.77±3.05, 10.04±2.88, 8.37±3.86, 6.02±3.37, and 6.27±3.44. The Spearman correlation test demonstrated that having a history of patient care was significantly associated with total CBI (p=0. 049). Also, there was no significant difference between other nursing student's demographic and educational status characteristics with total CBI (P> 0.05).
Caregiver burden is one of the educational problems in nursing students. Therefore, recommended that during clinical training, nursing students more supported by teachers and nursing staffs