Risk factors associated with the comprehensive needs of cancer caregivers in China

Analysis of the comprehensive needs of primary caregivers of hospitalized colorectal cancer patients and characteristics analysis of high comprehensive needs population

“…The reason may be that on-the-job caregivers need to devote themselves to the care of patients, engage in the care work, perceive the lack of relevant care knowledge, and desire to obtain professional and scientific information. Studies have shown that the information needs of caregivers working full-time or part-time are significantly higher than those of retired caregivers, and different employment statuses impact the satisfaction of caregiver information needs, [21] which is consistent with the results of this study. In this study, the caregivers with the highest information need were those with a family per capita monthly income of <4000 yuan.…”

“…Most caregivers were married or cohabiting (93.10%), and most of them were the patients' spouses (56.60%). This is related to the influence of traditional Chinese culture and family concepts, which is consistent with the research results of Zhou et al [24] Most caregivers (73.90%) did not have chronic diseases and had excellent physical fitness for performing heavy care work. Most of the patients under care were males (59.10%), which is consistent with CRC data [2] released by the National Cancer Center of China, that is, the incidence of CRC in men of all age groups was higher than that of women.…”

“…The study results show that the top 2 dimensions of comprehensive needs are the health care staff dimension and the information dimension sequence, which is consistent with the results of many previous studies. [22,[24][25][26] In addition, as for the ranking of scores for each item, the items with the highest scores were "information about the current status of a patient illness and its future course" and "information about tests and treatment" in the information dimension followed by "doctor to be clear, specific, and honest in his/her explanation" in the healthcare staff dimension. Therefore, the main needs of the primary caregivers of CRC patients came from the health care staff dimension and the information dimension.…”

“…The higher the score, the stronger the corresponding need. Zhao et al [ 21 ] conducted cross-cultural adjustment of the English version of the CNAT-C, translated and revised it into a Chinese version, and validated it in 205 caregivers of hospitalized cancer patients. The results showed that the Cronbach α coefficient of the overall scale was 0.94, and those of each dimension ranged from 0.61 to 0.93; the principal component factor analysis yielded 8 common factors, KMO = 0.89, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 68.11%, all factor loading values are greater than the standard value of 0.40, which suggested that the Chinese version of CNAT-C had good reliability and validity and was suitable for assessing the comprehensive needs of caregivers of different cancer patients in the cultural context of China.…”

Assessing the Prevalent Myths and Misconceptions Among Caregivers of Patients With Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Therefore, the need is to emphasize debunking innumerable myths and misconceptions associated with cancer. The present study assesses the prevalence of myths and misconceptions among caregivers of cancer patients, as they play an important role in providing support, financial, emotional, social, and physical, during the patient's treatment journey [ 4 ].…”