Table 2.
Emerged categories and sub-categories.
| Related articles | Sub- categories | Main categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (14, 20, 22, 27, 31) | physical tiredness, Sleep deprivation, Caregiver health challenges, Physical Problems, Burn out, Physical Problems, Exhaustion | Care-related physical exhaustion | Positive outcomes of caregiving |
| (13, 20, 21, 23, 28–33, 37) | Trying to cope with partner’s difficulties, Strengthening support system for coping, Self-care strategies to cope, Maintaining normality, Find a balance, Increased knowledge, Responsibility, Supporting, Balancing caring roles and family responsibilities, Adapting, Coping, Growing resilience and appreciation, Trying to be strong, responsive to the potentially different communication | Achieving to self-management and balance in caregiving | |
| (26, 28) | Support from family members, increased family closeness, Having unity in the family | Promotion of kinship intimacy | |
| (26, 27) | Satisfaction, Find meaning of life, feeling satisfaction | Gaining meaning and purposefulness | |
| (1, 20, 23, 26) | Faith, Acceptance, spirituality, Spiritual support, faith and trust in God, appreciation and gratitude and seeking God’s satisfaction | Spiritual growth | |
| (14, 20, 35) | Negligence of self, changed plane, restricted life space, additional responsibilities at home, changed living routines, Standby, Overestimating Caring Responsibilities | Disturbed personal life plan | Negative outcomes of caregiving |
| (5, 14, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 36) | Worry, psychological distress, emotional turmoil, emotional challenges, feeling undermined and unappreciated, inability to justify, punishment, Emotional Inhibition, Emotional-Psychological Pressure, Feeling inadequate, Feeling instability, Hopelessness, Caregiving tension, psychological trauma,Psycho-emotional stress, feeling trapped, mental fatigue, significant emotional strain | Psycho-emotional consequences of caregiving | |
| (24, 27, 31, 34, 35) | Role conflict, economic burden, Relationships, Social Support, Employment, Inadequate support, Ignorance, Social challenges, Economic burden, Failure in professional or educational roles, Economic Pressures, social desirability, Stigmatizing attitudes, Financial Problem | Socio-economical burden of caregiving |