Purpose While spouses play a vital role in the care of cancer patients, caregiving exerts a
physical and psychological toll. Caregiving burden may not only compromise spouses' …

Purpose Lung cancer and its treatment impose many demands on family caregivers, which
may increase their risk for distress. However, little research has documented aspects of the …

Purpose/Objectives: To describe physical health, mental health, and life changes among
family caregivers of patients with lung cancer. Design: Cross-sectional quantitative study …

Objective Informal caregivers of people with lung cancer often experience a substantial care
burden and associated negative consequences due to the often‐contracted course of the …

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate associations between earlier
caregiving experience and the development of physical impairments over the subsequent 6 …

Purpose Although costs of lung cancer care have been documented, economic and social
changes among lung cancer patients' family caregivers have yet to be fully examined. In …

Purpose This study assesses psychological distress among advanced cancer patients and
their spouse caregivers, while examining the relative contribution of caregiving burden and …

Abstract Objective Family caregivers (FCGs) caring for loved ones with lung cancer are at
risk for psychological distress and impaired quality of life (QOL). This study explores the …

Background Lung cancer morbidity and mortality may increase the risk for distress in
couples facing this malignancy. Purpose We examined the prevalence of psychological and …

This study was conducted to explore the interrelationships among caregiver burden,
emotional status and quality of life (QoL) in caregivers of lung cancer patients, and to identify …