Support needs of carers of cancer patients and the effects of the patient's age and cancer type on their needs.

Autor: Gül İ; Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Medical Nursin Department, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: gul@ege.edu.tr., Toygar İ; Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Fethiye Faculty of Health Sciences, Muğla, Turkey. Electronic address: ismailtoygar@mu.edu.tr., Usta Yeşilbalkan Ö; Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Medical Nursin Department, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: o.u.yesilbalkan@ege.edu.tr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society [Eur J Oncol Nurs] 2024 Feb; Vol. 68, pp. 102468. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102468
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study aimed to investigate support needs of carers of cancer patients and the effects of the patient's age and cancer type on their needs.
Methods: In this descriptive and comparative study, the data were collected from the carers (n = 120) of the patient admitted to inpatient and outpatient clinics of a university hospital between June 2021 and October 2022. Patient identification form, carer identification form, and Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) were used for data collection. The comparisons of the support needs were done for the carers according to the patient's age (<65 versus ≥65 years) and cancer type (hematological malignancies versus solid tumors).
Results: Caring duration (19.78 ± 29.64 vs 10.33 ± 18.77 months) and caring hours per week (47.58 ± 26.90 vs 32.75 ± 25.75 h) were high in those caring for older adults. Carers of older adults need more support in providing personal care for their relatives (eg dressing, washing, toileting) (X2 = 8.000, p = 0.005). Carers of patients with hematological malignancies need more support in understanding their relative's illness (X2 = 6.136, p = 0.013), having time themselves in the day (X2 = 4.089, p = 0.043), managing their relative's symptoms, including giving medicines? (X2 = 5.263, p = 0.022), and their beliefs or spiritual concerns (X2 = 4.728, p = 0.030) compared to the carers of the patients with solid tumors.
Conclusion: The support needs of the carers vary depending on the patient's age and cancer type. Carers of older adults and patients with hematological malignancies need more support.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None declared.
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