The Effects of Breast Cancer on the Family

Children as carers: the impact of parental illness and disability on children's caring roles

“…A further shift is evident in the medical literature in the work carried out from the late 1980s onwards when researchers increasingly focused their attention on specific conditions -for example, breast cancer (Lewis et al, 1985;Pederson and Valanis, 1988) and Alzheimer's Disease (Beach, 1994;Alzheimer's Association, 1995) and their implications for family life. These more recent studies highlighted the inadequacies of previous medical research, Pederson and Valanis arguing: 'Most studies placed emphasis on the patient's problems rather than on the family's ' (1988: 95).…”

Stage II breast cancer: Differences between four coping patterns in side effects during adjuvant chemotherapy

“…In light of the above findings, we tested the following two hypotheses: First, selfreported coping patterns would significantly predict variance in side effects when other influential variables like socioeconomic status [34], type of chemotherapy [35,36], and satisfaction with social support [37][38][39][40][41] were held constant. Second, confrontive copers would experience fewer side effects than avoidant-resigned, avoidant-confrontive, or resigned copers.…”

“…Three variables have previously been identified as influential in predicting quality-of-life outcomes. These include socioeconomic status [34], type of chemotherapy [35,36], and satisfaction with social support [37][38][39][40][41]. While these are the only three variables that have been identified in the past as robust predictors of quality of life, the most conservative approach to testing the hypotheses was to control for any variables that might theoretically have an influence on side effects.…”

Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis of the caregiver quality of life index-cancer with Turkish samples

“…Recent research suggests that family caregivers experience increased symptoms of depression, anxiety, psychosomatic symptoms, restrictions of roles and activities, strain in marital relationships, and diminished physical health [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The recognition that care of the patient with cancer should involve treatment of the family caregiver has been increasingly appreciated as essential [13][14][15][16].…”