| Autor: |
Meriggi, Fausto, Andreis, Federica, Premi, Veronica, Liborio, Nadia, Codignola, Claudio, Mazzocchi, Maria, Rizzi, Anna, Prochilo, Tiziana, Rota, Luigina, Di Biasi, Brunella, Bertocchi, Paola, Abeni, Chiara, Ogliosi, Chiara, Aroldi, Francesca, Zaniboni, Alberto |
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Palliative & Supportive Care; Aug2015, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p865-873, 9p |
| Abstrakt: |
Objective:Caregivers play a key role in the management of patients with cancer. However, some studies have suggested that caregivers have even more unmet needs than the patients.Method:To better identify the needs and changes in the lifestyles of the caregivers in our practice and to plan a targeted support project to decrease caregiver burden, we administered the Caregiver's QoL Index–Cancer (CQoLC) to 200 consecutive caregivers. This questionnaire assesses psychological well-being, the relationship with healthcare professionals, administration of finances, lifestyle disruption, and positive adaptation.Results:Our data showed that being a caregiver to a patient with metastatic disease negatively affected females mostly with regard to mental and emotional burden, while men complained more about their sexual life (42.3 vs. 33.6%), although this result was not significant. Some 93.5% of caregivers reported that they were pleased with their role, while 83.4% were concerned about financial difficulties.Significance of results:We strongly believe that early supportive care directed not only at patients but also to caregivers may improve the quality of life (QoL) in this population. We are currently developing a targeted support project to decrease caregiver burden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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Complementary Index |
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