Toward Engaging Caregivers: Inclusion in Care and Receipt of Information and Training among Caregivers for Cancer Patients Who Have Been Hospitalized
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DOI: 10.1007/s13187-019-01673-5
Abstract: Practice recommendations and policies (e.g., CARE Act) emphasize identifying and training a family caregiver during a patient’s hospitalization, but engagement of caregivers is not standard in the USA. To inform caregiver engagement, we highlight (1)… read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; training; patients hospitalized; caregivers patients ... See more keywords
"A Different Normal": Living With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.
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DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000001132
Abstract: BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has seen mass disruptions to healthcare globally. People with cancer are in a vulnerable position, and treatment teams may be anxious in making decisions that try to balance risks associated with… read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; different normal; cancer covid; covid pandemic ... See more keywords
Support‐seeking by cancer caregivers living in rural Australia
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DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13304
Abstract: Objective: Rural cancer caregivers report poor wellbeing and high unmet needs for support. This study investigates sources of support sought by cancer caregivers living in rural Australia, and factors associated with support‐seeking. read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; rural australia; caregivers living; living rural ... See more keywords
Managing cancer in context of pandemic: a qualitative study to explore the emotional and behavioural responses of patients with cancer and their caregivers to COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041070
Abstract: Objectives Having to access life-sustaining treatment during the emerging COVID-19 outbreak has placed patients with cancer at an especially vulnerable position notwithstanding their immunocompromised condition. The present study aimed to elucidate cancer patients’ and their… read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; treatment; patients cancer; study ... See more keywords
Repetitive Negative Thinking, Depressive Symptoms, and Cortisol in Cancer Caregivers and Noncaregivers.
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DOI: 10.1188/19.onf.e202-e210
Abstract: OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of informal cancer caregiving and repetitive negative thinking (RNT) on depressive symptoms and salivary cortisol levels. SAMPLE & SETTING The sample was recruited from a hospital bone marrow unit and… read more here.
Keywords: cortisol; depressive symptoms; cancer caregivers; cancer ... See more keywords
A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Interventions to Cancer Caregivers
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00834
Abstract: Objective: To systematically review the effect of psychosocial interventions on improving QoL, depression and anxiety of cancer caregivers. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of psychosocial interventions among adult cancer caregivers published from 2011 to… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; cancer caregivers; systematic review; review psychosocial ... See more keywords
Longitudinal Patterns of Social Problem-Solving Skills in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Pediatric Patients with Cancer and their Caregivers
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051581
Abstract: Pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma are prescribed a daily oral chemotherapy medication named 6-mercaptopurine. Adherence to this medication is vital for survival and decreased risk for disease relapse. Adaptive problem-solving strategies… read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; social problem; problem solving; medication ... See more keywords
A Mixed-Method Examination of Emerging and Young Adult Cancer Caregivers’ Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085537
Abstract: Advanced cancer caregivers in emerging and young adulthood (EYACs; ages 18–35) are an understudied yet vulnerable caregiving population. The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for advanced cancer caregivers but also created unique contexts from which… read more here.
Keywords: cancer caregivers; emerging young; eyacs; pandemic eyacs ... See more keywords