The social support, spirituality, stress, and family burden of cancer patients in Jakarta hospitals

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the relationship between social support, spirituality, and stress related to the burden of family caregivers of cancer patients in hospitals. A cross-sectional design was used, involving 106 family caregivers of cancer patients. The respondents were recruited from hospitals in Jakarta with the following inclusion criteria: aged 17 years or older, a patient's family member, and active participation in providing care. Among the 106 family caregivers, 52.8% felt a high caregiving burden, 74.5% perceived moderate social support, 67.9% felt a low spirituality, and 60.4% felt moderate stress. There was a significant relationship between social support (p-value 0.03), spirituality (p-value 0.00), and stress (p-value 0.02) from the family burden. Social support, spirituality, and stress have a significant relationship with family burden, which is spirituality has the most significant correlation.