Impact on caregiver burden of a patient-focused palliative care intervention for patients with advanced cancer

RE O'Hara, JG Hull, KD Lyons, M Bakitas… - … & supportive care, 2010 - cambridge.org
Objective: Caregivers of patients with advanced cancer experience physical and emotional
strain that can raise their own risk for morbidity and mortality. This analysis was performed to …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological distress in bereaved caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

A El-Jawahri, JA Greer, ER Park, VA Jackson… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Individuals caring for patients with advanced cancer (caregivers) experience
psychological distress during the patient's illness course. However, data on the prevalence …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer care: supporting underserved and financially burdened family caregivers

BR Ferrell, K Kravitz - Journal of the advanced practitioner in …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Family caregivers who provide care for a loved one with advanced cancer suffer physically
and psychologically from the care demands of a family member with high symptom burden …

Course and predictors of depressive symptoms among family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients until their death

ST Tang, WC Chang, JS Chen, HM Wang… - Psycho …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Few studies have investigated the impact of providing end‐of‐life care on family
caregivers' depressive symptoms over time, especially until the patient's death. The purpose …

Quality of life of caregivers of patients with advanced-stage cancer

MM Clark, TA Rummans, JA Sloan… - American Journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been much research documenting the impact of having a loved one diagnosed
with advanced cancer, but little is known about how to reduce care-giver burden. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Burden and depression among caregivers of patients with cancer at the end-of-life

B Given, G Wyatt, C Given, A Gift… - Oncology nursing …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Design A prospective, longitudinal study was implemented with an inception cohort of
patients and their family caregivers who were followed after the diagnosis and treatment of …

Palliative care for family caregivers

S Alam, B Hannon, C Zimmermann - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Family caregivers provide substantial care for patients with advanced cancer, while suffering
from hidden morbidity and unmet needs. The objectives of this review were to examine risk …

Objective burden, caregiver psychological distress, and patient religion and quality of life are associated with high-intensity burden of care among caregivers of …

S Soto-Guerrero, J Palacios, P Langer… - Palliative & Supportive …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objectives Family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients experience burden of care. The aims
of this study are to describe the caregiving phenomenon among FCs of advanced cancer …

Associations between advanced cancer patients' survival and family caregiver presence and burden

JN Dionne‐Odom, JG Hull, MY Martin… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an early palliative care intervention
(ENABLE: E ducate, N urture, A dvise, B efore L ife E nds) for persons with advanced cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in family caregivers of patients with incurable cancer

RD Nipp, A El-Jawahri, JN Fishbein, ER Gallagher… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background Family caregivers (FCs) are critically important for patients with
cancer, yet they may experience psychological distress related to caregiving demands. We …