Rationale: Family caregivers of patients with acute cardiorespiratory failure are at high risk
for distress, which is typically defined as the presence of psychological symptoms such as …

Purpose In efforts to understand financial distress (FD) associated with advanced cancer
care from the perspective of both patients with incurable disease and their spousal …

Objective How patients and their partners cope with advanced cancer as a couple, may
impact their emotional functioning (EF). The aim of this study was to assess dyadic coping …

Cancer affects patients as well as their spouses. Patients and their spouses use different
strategies to cope with cancer and the associated burden. This study aimed to gain a deeper …

Abstract Purpose of Review The benefits of arts in improving well-being in end-of-life
patients have been stated by the WHO. To inspire clinical practice and future research, we …

Context Patients with metastatic lung cancer and their spousal caregivers are at high risk of
psychological symptoms. Mindfulness may improve psychological symptoms via spiritual …

Purpose Adjustment to any illness is a 'dyadic'process whereby patients and their partners
mutually determine each other's perceptions, behaviours, and well-being. The present study …

Dignity therapy is a psychosocial intervention provided at the end of life to improve patient
outcomes, but many persons cannot complete it because of health decline. Patients also …

We aimed to examine the psychosocial well-being in the pancreas cancer patient-caregiver
dyad, and determine patient and caregiver characteristics that predict caregiver distress …

Introduction Neurofibromatosis (NF) is chronic neurogenetic condition that increases risk for
poor quality of life, depression, and anxiety. Given the lack of biomedical treatments, we …