Burden of Care in Caregivers of Iranian patients with chronic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 Burden-of-care scores for different disorder subgroups, areas and tools

Groups		Number of Studies	Sample Size	Score (%)	95% CI	Heterogeneity
Groups		Number of Studies	Sample Size	Score (%)	95% CI	I2	P
Type of disease	Hemodialysis	3	469	62.75	56.11–69.38	51	0.130
	Diabetes	2	199	34.99	18.01–51.82	83.1	0.015
	Cancer	6	663	51.84	30.55–73.13	97.5	0.001
	Mental Disorder	9	1499	58.69	49.70–67.69	92.8	0.001
	Alzheimer’s	2	231	57.07	46.23–67.92	62.5	0.102
	Others	3	745	40.81	27.23–54.40	92.6	0.001
Country Areas	1	10	1423	51.23	40.76–61.70	94.4	0.001
	2	1	246	74.19	68.72–79.66	–	–
	3	3	711	40.31	23.72–56.91	94.9	0.001
	4	4	753	47.21	28.44–65.97	94.9	0.001
	5	7	674	62.47	50.43–74.51	91.5	0.001
Tool	CBI	10	1664	54.96	39.52–70.39	98	0.001
	Zarit	11	1558	51.69	44.67–58.70	87.7	0.001
	Others	4	584	53.50	47.25–59.76	57	0.073

Area 1: Provinces of Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, Mazandaran, Semnan, Golestan, and Qom; Area 2: Provinces of Esfahan, Fars, Boushehr, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, Hormozgan, and Kohkilouye and Boyer Ahmad; Area 3: Provinces of Azarbayjan Sharqi, Azarbayjan Qarbi, Ardebil, Zanjan, Gilan, and Kordestan; Area 4: Provinces of Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, Hamedan, Markazi, and Khouzestan; Area 5: Provinces of Khorasan Razavi, Khorasan Jonoubi, Khorasan Shomali, Kerman, Yazd, and Sistan and Balouchestan

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