KANEEZ FATIMAANOSHAHARAM ISHAQ2026-05-192026-05-192025https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/19886Background Informal caregivers including parents and close relatives who care for children with neurodevelopmental disorders can face strain in many ways, physically, mentally, socially. Caregiving duties can result in caregiver burden (CB), which can result in serious consequences such as anxiety, depression, social isolation, emotional burnout and physical health decline. The rationale of this study is to find out association between caregiver burden, dexterity and hand-eye coordination of the caregiving individuals. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 87 primary caregivers (95.4% females) of children having neurodevelopmental disorders. The Zarit Burden (ZBI) was used to assess caregiver burden dexterity was evaluated by using O’Connor Finger dexterity test while Hand-eye coordination was assessed using finger nose test. SPSS version 25 was used to assess the data. Chi-square tests were applied to find out the associations between caregiver burden, dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Results The findings revealed significant correlation between dexterity and caregiver burden (p= 0.012), indicating that dexterity declines with the increase in caregiver burden. On the other hand, there was no significant relationship between caregiver burden and hand-eye coordination (p= 0.471). The majority of the caregivers (85.1%) demonstrated normal coordination, suggesting that coordination may not be directly impacted by increase in caregiver burden.enThesis