the role of heath team in coping process of family caregivers with patients under hemodialysis: a qualitative study

Background: the high dependence of hemodialysis patients on home caregivers is a great source of care burden for them; therefore, accountability with appropriate communication as well as appropriate behavior and attention to needs of caregiver by health care team is a serious impact on care burden. methods: a content analysis approach was used for data collection and analysis. the participants included16 family caregivers selected through purposive sampling from 4 medical education centers affiliated with ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, iran. semi-structured interviews were held to collect data. results: data analysis led to the emergence of 3 themes including responsive treatment team negative influences of the treatment team, and collaborative care, which were all incorporated into the main theme of an effective treatment team. conclusions: the treatment team can play an effective role in improving the caregivers' well-being by appropriate treatment, accountability, and responsiveness to the needs of patients and their caregivers; meanwhile, it provides a better position for better care, however, it will reduce the care burden.