[Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy] This study presents the findings of a review of studies in the literature on available tools for assessing the coping skills of spouses and caregivers of patients with breast cancer.
Likelihood of being asked about needing help up for those who interacted often with health care workers.
Survey results show level of concordance between patients with CRC and their caregivers when rating care quality. The survey also measured whether clinical or demographic factors influenced the agreement between patient-caregiver pairs.
Focus on positive emotions reduces caregiver anxiety and depression after six weeks.
Poorer patient health tied to higher levels of caregiver distress among informal caregivers.
A Delphi panel developed recommendations for integrating patients, as well as caregivers and advocate, a greater role in medical research while maintaining scientific integrity of studies.
In this study, researchers assessed a new tool designed to assess the well-being of cancer patients’ informal caregivers.
This installment demonstrates how the caregiver’s cancer journey often parallels that of the patient with cancer, highlighting their need for evolving support through survivorship.
Nurses can play a key role in assessing financial strain and involving social workers or financial counselors.
Clinicians have an important role to play in providing support and guidance for caregivers.
