Objective Caregiver burden is used frequently within the nursing literature. It has not yet
been clearly defined as there are different opinions regarding this concept. The purpose of …

Significant demands are being placed on the informal caregivers of chronically ill patients,
including those suffering from cancer. Health care professionals need to be aware of these …

Abstract Effects of caregiving on physical health have received less theoretical and empirical
attention than effects on psychological health. This meta-analysis integrates results from 176 …

In the present meta-analysis, we integrated findings from 228 studies on the association of
six caregiving-related stressors and caregiving uplifts with burden and depressed mood …

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

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 …

The present meta-analytic study gives a systematic review of research on depression and
the subjective well-being of caregivers. We integrate results from 60 studies on informal …

Purpose: To clarify and delineate conceptualizations of the effects of caregiving for nursing
research and practice with family caregivers. Organizing Construct: The biopsychosocial …

BACKGROUND Research regarding informal caregiving showed considerable individual
variation in responses to cancer caregiving. The current longitudinal study examined …

Despite widespread use of caregiver burden and depressive symptoms in caregiving
research, the relationship between these two concepts and the way in which burden and …