When do we need to care about the caregiver? Supportive care needs, anxiety, and depression among informal caregivers of patients with cancer and cancer survivors
A substantial percentage of caregivers have unmet needs for support, mainly with regard to fears concerning the patient's condition, receiving disease-related information, and emotional support for themselves. Possible predictors of their supportive care needs are identified.
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Sklenarova H, Krümpelmann A, Haun MW, Friederich HC, Huber J, Thomas M, Winkler EC, Herzog W, Hartmann M. When do we need to care about the caregiver? Supportive care needs, anxiety, and depression among informal caregivers of patients with cancer and cancer survivors. Cancer. 2015 May 1;121(9):1513-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29223. Epub 2015 Feb 11. PMID: 25677095.
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American Cancer Society
Publication Type
Research
Type of Cancer
Any Cancer
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Topics
Emotional Support, Cancer Survivorship, Caregiver
