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Caregiver burden showed moderate-to-strong positive correlations with depression (r=0.48), anxiety (r=0.42), and stress (r=0.51). Patient glycated hemoglobin levels showed a strong positive correlation with both Zarit Caregiver Burden Index (r=0.684) and depression scores (r=0.592). In the final hierarchical regression model, the presence of complications (\u03b2=0.35), higher glycated hemoglobin levels (\u03b2=0.32), spousal caregiving (\u03b2=0.28), stress (\u03b2=0.24), and depression (\u03b2=0.19) were identified as significant independent predictors of burden. The final model accounted for 51.2% of the total variance (Adjusted R2=0.484).  CONCLUSION: Caring for individuals with diabetes mellitus is associated with a substantial psychological burden on family caregivers. 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