Resilience, preparedness, and distress among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer
| Autor: | Avery C. Bechthold, Abby R. Rosenberg, Richard A. Taylor, Chinara Dosse, Sally Engler, Marie Bakitas, Erin R. Harrell, Deborah Ejem, Rhiannon D. Reed, Andres Azuero, Rachel Wells, Bailey A. Hendricks, Peggy McKie, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Anxiety 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Humans Medicine Family 030212 general & internal medicine media_common business.industry Family caregivers Clinical trial Distress Mood Caregivers Oncology Spouse 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Preparedness Female Psychological resilience medicine.symptom business Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer. 29:6913-6920 |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| Popis: | Resilience has been proposed as a primary factor in how many family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer are able to resist psychological strain and perform effectively in the role while bearing a high load of caregiving tasks. To evaluate this hypothesis, we examined whether self-perceived resilience is associated with distress (anxiety and depressive symptoms), caregiver preparedness, and readiness for surrogate decision-making among a racially diverse sample of family caregivers of patients with newly diagnosed advanced cancer. Secondary analysis of baseline data from two small-scale, pilot clinical trials that both recruited family caregivers of patients with newly diagnosed advanced cancer. Using multivariable linear regression, we analyzed relationships of resilience as a predictor of mood, caregiving preparedness, and readiness for surrogate decision-making, controlling for sociodemographics. Caregiver participants (N = 112) were mean 56 years of age and mostly female (76%), the patient’s spouse/partner (52%), and White (56%) or African-American/Black (43%). After controlling for demographics, standardized results indicated that higher resilience was relevantly associated with higher caregiver preparedness (beta = .46, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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