Mental and physical health correlates among family caregivers of patients with newly-diagnosed incurable cancer: a hierarchical linear regression analysis
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- 作者：Kelly M. Shaffer ; Jamie M. Jacobs ; Ryan D. Nipp ; Alaina Carr…
- 关键词：Incurable cancer ; Palliative care ; Informal caregiving ; Mental health ; Physical health
- 刊名：Supportive Care in Cancer
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：25
- 期：3
- 页码：965-971
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Oncology; Nursing; Nursing Research; Pain Medicine; Rehabilitation Medicine;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1433-7339
- 卷排序：25
文摘
PurposeCaregiver, relational, and patient factors have been associated with the health of family members and friends providing care to patients with early-stage cancer. Little research has examined whether findings extend to family caregivers of patients with incurable cancer, who experience unique and substantial caregiving burdens. We examined correlates of mental and physical health among caregivers of patients with newly-diagnosed incurable lung or non-colorectal gastrointestinal cancer.