This preliminary study focused on positive phenomena among Israeli family caregivers
(spouse, adult child, or parent) of patients with chronic illness hospitalized in a medical …

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the association between caregivers' psychological
suffering and posttraumatic growth (PTG) after patient death. Design and Methods …

Objectives: The present study aimed to assess long-term health-related quality-of-life
(HRQoL) and potential predictors as well as burden in caregivers of patients with acquired …

Introduction: Although research has shown that many cancer patients report positive life
changes following cancer diagnosis, there are few data in the literature related to PTG in …

Objectives Confronted with the potentially traumatic experience of a patients intensive care
unit hospitalisation, family members may show positive changes associated with growth in …

In recent years, an increasing number of researchers and practitioners have been focusing
on positive changes resulting from negative life experiences. These positive changes, which …

Background Family caregivers of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) experience
impairments in the quality of life. Previous studies report that psychological quality of life …

Cancer is a deadly disease that affects millions of people worldwide and is a source of great
difficulty, stress, and trauma not only for patients but also for their caregivers. The physical …

This study aims to examine posttraumatic growth and its associations with parental
bereavement among adolescents and young adults. Fifty-five young adults who had lost a …

Although caregiving for stroke survivors is usually long-term, most studies on caregivers
have generally involved only the first year following the event. We assessed and compared …