TY - JOUR T1 - Quality of life and satisfaction with services in caregivers of children with cancer TT - کیفیت زندگی و رضایت از خدمات در مراقبین کودکان مبتلا به سرطان تحت پوشش بخش مددکاری موسسه خیریه حمایت از کودکان سرطانی JF - IJN JO - IJN VL - 24 IS - 72 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1015-en.html Y1 - 2011 SP - 8 EP - 17 KW - Quality of Life KW - Satisfaction KW - Services KW - Caregivers KW - Children KW - Cancer N2 -   Background & Aim: Quality of life has been defined in a variety of ways depending on the context and the orientation of scholars. The purpose of the this study was to evaluate caregivers ' quality of life and also to investigate the correlation between quality of life of caregivers and their satisfaction with social work section services.   Material & Method s : The present study employed a correlational design, with 125 caregivers of Iranian children with cancer. It was conducted at hospitals covered by MAHAK. Quality of life in caregivers was measured by the Iranian version of WHO, QOL-BREF . Satisfaction of social work section services was measured by questioner including six services. Data was analyzed by t-Test and ANOVA using SPSS-PC (v.17).   Results : The scores of all dimensions of caregivers’ quality of life were lower than general population. The difference was significant in physical (p M3 ER -