“…The caregiver burden inventory was developed by Novak and Guest in Canada in 1988 to measure caregivers' burden. The scale consists of 24 items which assess caregivers' burden in ve domains: timedependence burden (5 items (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), developmental burden (5 items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), physical burden (4 items 11, 12, 13, 14), social burden (5 items 15,16,17,18,19), and emotional burden (5 items (20,21,22,23,24). Completion of the scale requires approximately 15 minutes.…”