Table 9.
Association between type of cancer and caregivers’ perceived burden level
| Type of cancer cases |
Burden level
|
χ 2 (P value) | |||
|
|
No burden (n = 37)
|
Moderate burden (n = 76)
|
Severe burden (n = 97)
|
Total (n = 210)
|
|
| 59.01 (0.000)a | |||||
| Breast cancer | 14 (20.0) | 44 (62.8) | 12 (17.1) | 70 (100) | |
| Prostate cancer | 7 (11.5) | 10 (16.4) | 44 (72.1) | 61 (100) | |
| Cervical cancer | 5 (11.6) | 15 (34.8) | 23 (53.5) | 43 (100) | |
| Colorectal cancer | 3 (20.0) | 3 (20.0) | 9 (60.0) | 15 (100) | |
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (50.0) | 8 (100) | |
| HIV-related cancers (Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, etc.) | 5 (62.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (25.0) | 8 (100) | |
| Other types | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (60.0) | 5 (100) | |
a
P < 0.05. HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.