The effect of anxiety and spiritual well-being on the care burden of caregivers of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Muhammed Deniz, Ayşegül Parlak, Kübra Ünlü, Yasemin Karacan, Yeliz Akkuş |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Generalized anxiety disorder Pain medicine Cancer patients’ caregivers Caregiver Burden Anxiety Cost of Illness Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Pandemic medicine Humans Psychiatry Spiritual well-being Pandemics business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Nursing research Cancer COVID-19 Caregiver burden medicine.disease Anxiety Disorders Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology Caregivers Well-being Original Article medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 |
| Popis: | Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the caregivers of people with all chronic diseases, including people with cancer (PWC). This study was conducted to determine the impact of anxiety and spiritual well-being on the care burden of caregivers of PWC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design This cross-sectional descriptive study included 250 caregivers of hematology and oncology patients registered with a cancer support association. All participants completed the following self-report questionnaires: the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7), and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI). Results Most (82.4%) of the caregivers expressed fear that their patient may contract COVID-19, and 42.0% stated that they had difficulty getting to the hospital. The caregivers’ mean ZBI score was 21.06 ± 14.64, their mean GAD-7 score was 14.51 ± 6.02, and their mean SWBS score was 111.50 ± 16.84. According to the results of regression analysis, SWBS and GAD-7 scores had a significant effect on the ZBI score (p |
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