Influences of Psychological Well-being, Quality of Caregiver-patient Relationship, and Family Support on the Health of Family Caregivers for Cancer Patients in Taiwan

Abstract

The findings suggest that nurses, while providing care in the hospital and upon discharge need to be aware of the psychological well-being, quality of caregiver-patient relationship, and family support of a family caregiver, as these factors all have an impact on a family caregiver' health.

Caregivers satisfaction with care received by paediatric oncology patients admitted at the University Teaching Hospital-Lusaka Zambia

“…This shows that most of the respondents were at least satisfied with care and this could be attributed to the good professional support received and adequate information acquired about cancer condition. [12] In this study, Professional support was the only variable that showed a significant association with Satisfaction with care in a chi-square test performed (χ 2 = .004). We therefore, rejected the null hypothesis which stated that there is no association between the caregiver's satisfaction with care received by Paediatric oncology Patients and Professional support.…”

“…Studies found that family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer reported psychological support and a range of information needs of a practical nature including pain control, weakness and fatigue, home care services, management of depression, management of weight loss and appetite loss. [12] Due to the physical stress, psychological distress at times depression and disruption to identity and family structure that caregivers experience [11,13] it is important to measure their level of satisfaction with care they receive. According to Hannon, [14] satisfaction with care is important for quality assurance in oncology.…”

Providing Hospice Home Care to the Terminally Ill Elderly People With Cancer in Taiwan

“…Similar to results from previous investigations, the present study discovered that caregivers may experience positive emotional experiences, such as satisfaction, self-confidence, and fulfillment, 6,11,13,14 or negative emotional reactions, such as exhaustion, frustration, anxiety, panic, or fear. 2,5,9,10,12,24 However, the participants in this study also reported experiencing difficult emotions that were "contradiction" (矛盾) and "heartache" (不捨). We discovered that all participants in this study preferred to call these words difficult emotions instead of negative emotions.…”

“…This finding has not been mentioned or emphasized in previous studies. 2,5,8,10 The participants explained that they knew the cancer was incurable but could not accept that their sick family members were close to death despite having enrolled them in the hospice program. Denial that the patients were dying could represent the main reason why some of the caregivers asked doctors to provide patients with more treatment or requested patients' hospitalization to prolong their lives.…”

The Relation Between Anger Expression Styles and Caretaking Burden of Family Members of Cancer Patients and Affecting Factors

“…Yeh ve arkadaşları [23] benzer şekilde sosyal destek eksikliğinin bakım vericilerde önemli etkiler oluşturduğunu, aile desteği ile bakım verenlerin kendilerine daha çok zaman ayırabileceklerini, enerjik olacaklarını ve genel sağlık hallerinin devam edeceğini belirtmişlerdir. Kendini değerli hisseden ve destek alan bakım verenlerin, kendini daha güçlü hissedeceği için bakım verme sürecinde daha etkin olabileceği ve bakımla ilgili daha az sıkıntı yaşayacağı bu nedenle de bakım yükünü daha az algılayacağı düşünülmektedir.…”