en Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="background-color:#008080;">Background and Objective:</span></strong></span>&nbsp;The family caregivers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience heavy caregiver burden (CB). This study investigated the effects of a multidisciplinary supportive program on CB in the family caregivers of patients with advanced COPD.<br> <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="background-color:#008080;">Materials and Methods:</span></strong></span>&nbsp;This randomized field trial was conducted in the pulmonary subspecialty clinic of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, in 2019. In the present study, 92 eligible family caregivers of COPD patients were randomly allocated into intervention and control groups. The study intervention included eight sessions. Three educational sessions on COPD were held by a pulmonary disease specialist and an experienced nurse in COPD care, two educational sessions were held on coping strategies by a psychiatric nurse and three peer support sessions. CB was assessed before, immediately after and two months after the study intervention. SPSS (v. 21.0) was used for data analysis.<br> <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="background-color:#008080;">Results:</span></strong></span>&nbsp;CB significantly decreased in the intervention group (<em>P</em>=0.01). It did not change significantly in the control group (<em>P</em>=0.63). Between-group differences, with respect to the mean score of CB at the baseline (<em>P</em>=0.66) and the first posttest (<em>P</em>=0.72) were not significant. The mean score of CB in the second posttest was significantly lower in the intervention group, compared to the control group (<em>P</em>=0.007).<br> <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong><span style="background-color:#008080;">Conclusion:</span></strong></span>&nbsp;Multidisciplinary supportive program is effective in reducing CB among the family caregivers of patients with advanced COPD.</span></span></p> Caregiver burden, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Family caregiver, Multidisciplinary supportive program 206 214 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5585-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahdi Arbabi arbabimahdi17@gmail.com 5200319475328460064073 5200319475328460064073 No Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Hossein Rahimi Hosseinrahimi92@yahoo.com 5200319475328460064074 5200319475328460064074 No Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Nasim Mehrpooya nasimmehrpooya@gmail.com 5200319475328460064075 5200319475328460064075 No Dept. of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Neyshaboor University of Medical Sciences, Neyshaboor, Iran. Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin waghars@bums.ac.ir 5200319475328460064076 5200319475328460064076 Yes Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Sayyed Gholamreza Mortazavi Moghaddam 5200319475328460064077 5200319475328460064077 No Dept. of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.