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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sherwood, Paula R.
• Given, Barbara A.
• Given, Charles W.
• Schiffman, Rachel F.
• Murman, Daniel L.
• Lovely, Mary
• von Eye, Alexander
• Rogers, Lisa R.
• Remer, Sandy

Titel

Predictors of distress in caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor

Ist Teil von

• Research in nursing & health, 2006-04, Vol.29 (2), p.105-120

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this cross‐sectional, descriptive study was to identify predictors of distress for family caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor (PMBT). The effect of the care recipient's functional, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric status on caregiver burden and depressive symptoms was examined through telephone interviews with 95 caregivers. Care recipients' neuropsychiatric status consistently affected caregivers' depressive symptoms and burden, and assisting with activities of daily living affected burden related to caregivers' schedules and health. The care recipient's cognitive status and need for assistance with instrumental activities of daily living did not affect any outcome variable. Results may help identify caregivers at risk for negative outcomes, and suggest interventions to improve caregivers' emotional health.. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 29:105–120, 2006