Caregiver Burden and Perceived Social Support among Caregivers of Patients with Cancer

Kahriman, Fatma; Zaybak, Ayten

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.8.3313

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“…However, the associations of support from family and friends with caregiver burden are under-researched. The literature has consistently shown that support from friends was a protective factor, on the basis of the few studies reporting support from family and friends in caregivers of patients with cancer and stroke [28][29][30]. By contrast, the results for support from family were mixed: two studies reported a non-significant correlation with caregiver burden and one study found that support from family was also a protective factor [28].…”

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Source of Social Support and Caregiving Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden and Patient’s Quality of Life: A Path Analysis on Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Their Caregivers

Leung

Chan

Chiu

et al. 2020

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Few studies have explored the inter-relationships of sources of social support and caregiving self-efficacy with caregiver burden and patient’s quality of life among patients with palliative care needs and their caregivers. This study tested the associations of two sources of social support (family and friends) and the mediating role of caregiving self-efficacy on caregiver burden and patient’s quality of life. A convenience sample of 225 patient–caregiver dyads recruited between September 2016 and May 2017 from three hospitals in Hong Kong was included in the current analysis. Results showed that the final model provided a satisfactory fit (SRMR = 0.070, R-RMSEA = 0.055 and R-CFI = 0.926) with the data, as good as the hypothesized model did (p = 0.326). Significant associations were detected. Family support had a significant negative indirect effect on caregiver burden and a significant positive indirect effect on patient’s quality of life through caregiving self-efficacy, whereas friend support had a significant positive direct effect on caregiver burden but a minimal effect, if any, on patient’s quality of life. These findings emphasized (1) the importance of caregiving self-efficacy in improving caregiver burden and patient’s quality of life and that (2) sources of social support may be an important dimension moderating the associations of caregiving self-efficacy with caregiver burden and patient’s quality of life.

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Source of Social Support and Caregiving Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden and Patient’s Quality of Life: A Path Analysis on Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Their Caregivers

Leung

Chan

Chiu

et al. 2020

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“…A lack of social support was also important and may indicate the amount of hands‐on care that caregivers themselves provide to patients as well as opportunities for respite from caregiving. This has not been identified as a contributing factor in prior studies of caregiving in older adults with cancer, but has been noted in other studies of caregivers of cancer and noncancer patients . Poor caregiver mental health is associated with caregiver QOL, potentially suggesting that a caregiver's coping strategies and outlook on life are important to his/her QOL .…”

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Understanding Caregiver Quality of Life in Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults With Cancer

Hsu

Nathwani

Loscalzo

et al. 2019

J American Geriatrics Society

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Caregivers of older adults with cancer assist both with cancer care and other health issues, which may make them vulnerable to consequences of caregiving. Hospitalization may represent a time when a caregiver's ability to provide care at home is exceeded. We sought to characterize caregivers of hospitalized older adults with cancer, determine their quality of life (QOL), and identify factors associated with caregiver QOL. METHODS Patients (n = 100), aged 65 years and older, with an unplanned hospitalization and their caregivers were included. Caregivers completed a questionnaire about their health, social support, caregiving relationship, QOL (Caregiver Quality of Life Index‐Cancer [CQOLC] tool), and patient function. Patient medical history was obtained via chart review. The association between patient, caregiving, and caregiver factors and CQOLC was determined using multivariate linear regression. RESULTS Most patients (73%) had metastatic/advanced disease, and 71% received treatment for their cancer within 30 days of hospitalization. Median Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) was 60%, and 89% required help with instrumental activities of daily living, as reported by caregivers. Median caregiver age was 65 years (range = 29‐84 years). The majority (60%) had no major comorbidities and rated their health as excellent/good (79%), though 22% reported worsening health due to caregiving. Caregivers had a median Mental Health Inventory‐18 score of 70 (range = 0–97), a median Medical Outcomes Study (MOS)‐social activity score of 56 (range = 0–87.5), and a median MOS‐Social Support Survey score of 68 (range = 0–100). Caregivers provided a median of 35 hours of care per week (range = 0‐168 hours of care per week). Mean CQOLC was 84.6 ± 23.5. Lower caregiver QOL was associated with poorer caregiver mental health, less social support, and poorer patient KPS (P < .05). CONCLUSION Caregivers of hospitalized older adults with cancer are older but generally in good health. Those with poorer mental health, less social support, and caring for patients with poorer performance status are more likely to experience lower QOL. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:978–986, 2019.

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“…Selanjutnya apabila tekanan dan beban keluarga lantaran daripada ketidakcekapan mereka menjalankan penjagaan menjadikan efikasi kendiri dan penghargaan kendiri yang keluarga tersebut milikki menjadi rendah (Carlander, Sahlberg-Blom, Hellstrom & Ternestedt, 2011;Kim, Baker, & Spillers, 2007). Kajian literatur menunjukkan bahawa pengalaman keluarga dalam penjagaan pesakit kanser dapat dikategorikan kepada empat aspek iaitu beban dalam penjagaan (Kahriman & Zaybak, 2014;Rha, Park, Song, Lee, & Lee, 2015), efikasi kendiri (Bisschop, Kriegsman, Beekman, & Deeg, 2004;Campbell et al, 2004;Kershaw et al, 2008;Yeung & Lu, 2014), tekanan (Juarez et al, 2008;Soylu, Ozaslan, Karaca, & Ozkan, 2015) dan penghargaan kendiri (Moreira, Sousa, Poveda, & Turrini, 2015).…”

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The Experience of Family Caregivers Living with Advanced Cancer Patients

Albert

Hatta

Fahrudin

2017

ASWJ

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This article is based on literature review regarding family experiences in taking care of advanced cancer patients. Four aspect of the family cancer experience were identified from the literature: stress, burden, self-efficacy and self-esteem. The most developed body of literature documents due to family responses towards burden and stressful experience in caregiving was caused by their unprepared and inability to provide care and lack of support from other family members and health care providers. Caregiver’s burden and stressful experiences reporting would be the strongest relationship for lower levels of self-efficacy and self-esteem. The results of this review suggest that more research is needed on family experience and consider interpersonal support as a potential source or moderator variable in enhance family quality of life.

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Caregiver Burden and Perceived Social Support among Caregivers of Patients with Cancer

Cited by 49 publications

References 19 publications

Source of Social Support and Caregiving Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden and Patient’s Quality of Life: A Path Analysis on Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Their Caregivers

Source of Social Support and Caregiving Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden and Patient’s Quality of Life: A Path Analysis on Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Their Caregivers

Understanding Caregiver Quality of Life in Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults With Cancer

The Experience of Family Caregivers Living with Advanced Cancer Patients

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