Table 3.
Burden-of-care scores for different disorder subgroups, areas and tools
| Groups | Number of Studies | Sample Size | Score (%) | 95% CI | Heterogeneity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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