Understanding and supporting informal cancer caregivers

A Molassiotis, M Wang - Current treatment options in oncology, 2022 - Springer
Opinion statement Informal caregivers invest a significant amount of time and effort to
provide cancer patients with physical, psychological, information, and social support. These …

Caring experiences of family caregivers of patients with pancreatic cancer: an integrative literature review

Y Kim, W Baek - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This review summarizes and synthesizes the available empirical literature on the
experiences concerned with the problems and challenges faced by caregivers of patients …

Caregiver burden in caregivers of patients with advanced stage cancer: A concept analysis

SP Morgan, CA Lengacher, CS Rodriguez - European Journal of Oncology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Caregiver burden is a term used to describe the strain endured by the family
member who is providing care for a patient and does not have formal training to do so …

Caregiver-reported roles in treatment decision making in advanced cancer and associated caregiving burden and psychological distress: a longitudinal study

S Ozdemir, S Ng, I Chaudhry, I Teo… - Medical Decision …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To longitudinally examine caregiver-reported treatment decision-making roles and
to investigate the associations of these roles with caregiver burden, caregiving esteem …

“Queer people are excellent caregivers, but we're stretched so very thin”: Psychosocial wellbeing and impacts of caregiving among LGBTQI cancer carers

K Allison, R Power, JM Ussher, J Perz… - BMC cancer, 2024 - Springer
Background LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or intersex)
communities are increasingly recognized as a vulnerable and high-risk population in …

Insomnia burden among informal caregivers of hospitalized lung cancer patients and its influencing factors

CY Li, YJ Song, Z Lan, MH Deng, RX Li… - Biomedical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to reveal the insomnia burden and relevant influencing factors
among informal caregivers (ICs) of hospitalized patients with lung cancer. Methods A cross …

Perceived social support and distress in carers of people with lung cancer: The serial mediation of resilience and positive aspects of caregiving

L Jiang, A Zhang, M Wang, L Yang, L Ma - European journal of oncology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the mediating roles of resilience and positive aspects of caregiving
(PAC) in the effect of perceived social support (PSS) on distress. Methods This study, with a …

Gender differences in cancer spousal caregiving: A systematic review

JHY Ng, BHK Luk, NPM Lee - Palliative & Supportive Care, 2023 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesCancer does affect not only the lives of the patients but also that of their spouses.
The aims of this systematic review are to (i) explore the gender differences in the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Financial toxicity of informal caregivers of colorectal cancer patients: A cross-sectional study

M Zhang, X Wang, M Shao, T Li, S Guo, Y Yang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the level of financial toxicity of informal caregivers of colorectal cancer
patients and explore the related key influencing factors. Method A descriptive survey design …

Feasibility and acceptability of a multi-modality self-management intervention for head and neck cancer caregivers: a pilot randomized trial

C Nightingale, KR Sterba, B Levine… - Integrative Cancer …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing radiation therapy (RT)
experience significant side effects, presenting challenging care tasks for their informal …