Quality of life in caregivers of cancer patients: a literature review

MD Guerra-Martín, MDR Casado-Espinosa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Cancer constitutes one of the principal causes of morbi-mortality in the
world and generates an important loss of patients' self-sufficiency. People who are their …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-related psychosocial challenges

Y Wang, W Feng - General psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past decade, cancer incidence has increased globally while its mortality has
decreased. Accordingly, healthcare practitioners aim to provide comprehensive care to …

Caregiving burden, depression, and anxiety in family caregivers of patients with cancer

S Unsar, O Erol, O Ozdemir - European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the caregiving burden,
depression and anxiety of family caregivers of Turkish patients with cancer and the affecting …

Level of burden and health-related quality of life in caregivers of palliative care patients

J Perpiñá-Galvañ, N Orts-Beneito… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The complexity of palliative care means that the emotional distress and burden that primary
family caregivers suffer under can be particularly high. The objective of this study was to …

Needs and skills of informal caregivers to care for a dependent person: a cross-sectional study

MACR Dixe, LF da Conceição Teixeira, TJTCC Areosa… - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background The world is facing many socio-demographic changes, such as an increased
average life expectancy and the presence of chronic and non-communicable diseases …

The impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life in Chinese cancer patient-family caregiver dyads, a cross-sectional study

Q Li, Y Lin, Y Xu, H Zhou - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2018 - Springer
Background Cancer and its treatment can result in psychological distress in both adults with
cancer and in their family caregivers. This psychological distress acts as a significant …

Caring for the informal cancer caregiver

V Sun, DJ Raz, JY Kim - … opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Despite the substantial evidence on informal cancer caregiving, more research is needed to
further characterize caregivers at high risk for burden, explicate interrelationships between …

Interdependence of physical and psychological morbidity among patients with cancer and family caregivers: review of the literature

BP Streck, DW Wardell, G LoBiondo‐Wood… - Psycho …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Caregivers for patients with cancer have an integral role in maintaining patients'
health. Although patients and caregivers experience the impact of cancer individually …

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in sarcoidosis: diagnosis, management, and health outcomes

LA Saketkoo, AM Russell, K Jensen, J Mandizha… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL), though rarely considered as a primary endpoint in
clinical trials, may be the single outcome reflective of patient priorities when living with a …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptance and commitment therapy for symptom interference in advanced lung cancer and caregiver distress: a pilot randomized trial

CE Mosher, E Secinti, AT Hirsh, N Hanna… - Journal of pain and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Advanced lung cancer patients typically have a poor prognosis and many symptoms
that interfere with functioning, contributing to high rates of emotional distress in both patients …