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  The Relationship between Caring Burden and Coping Strategies in Hemodialysis Patients Caregivers     Abbasi A [1] , Ashrafrezaee N [2] , Asayesh H [3] *, Shariati A [4] , Rahmani H [5] , Mollaei E [6] , Bathaei SA [7] , Shoori Bidgoli A [8]     Received: 8 Mar, 2012 Accepted: 21 Jun , 2012    Abstract   Bachground & Aims: Patients with end stage renal disease require long term treatment and care, therefore their caregivers encounter treatment related problems and caring difficulties along with responsibility adaptation. The aim of this survey was to examine the relationship between caring burden and coping strategies in hemodialysis patients caregivers.   Material & Methods : in this descriptive and analytical study, 120 caregivers of hemodialysis patients who referred to fifth Azar educative and therapeutic center in Gorgan, were selected through Census sampling method. Data were gathered via caregiver burden and coping strategies questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software by means of Pearson correlation coefficient, liner regression and independent t-test.   Results: mean and standard deviation of caregivers' age was 42.22±13.09 and men formed 59% of subjects. Regression analysis showed that one score increase in problem based coping strategies decreases total caregiver burden as 0.295 (P

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