Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cancer in late palliative phase

Abstract

PCs of both genders had significantly more anxiety than norm samples. Health care personnel in contact with PCs should consider screening them for mental symptoms and QOL and, if necessary, recommend further evaluation by their doctors.

Symptom Frequency of Children with Cancer and Parent Quality of Life in Turkey

“…In addition to this, it is thought that the fact that there is no difference in the physical health condition sub-dimensions of the parents of children, who have medium and high level of symptom frequency, might be resulting from factors such as the difficulty and being hospitalized for too long which are brought by dealing with multiple and complex symptoms. Besides, it is considered that since the parents in these two groups allow most of their time for symptom management of their children, the decrease in the time that they allow for themselves might be similar and this is thought to affect negatively the behaviours to seek for health (Carter, 2005;Gaugler et al, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Given et al, 2006;Kitrungrote and Cohen, 2006;Langer et al, 2007;Mystakidou et al, 2007;Simmons, 2007). In this research as well, it is discovered that as the symptom frequency increases, a significant decrease occurs in psychological health condition sub dimension and that this is in parallel with litterateur.…”

“…Along with this, it is thought the fact that there is not difference among the psychological health condition sub-dimensions of parents of the children who experience medium and high level of symptom might be resulting from that mothers' psychosocial adaptations get better and their anxieties reduce as the time that passed after diagnose extends (Han, 2003). Besides, it is considered that another reason for having no difference might be the impairment of daily life activities, the side effect and complications that occur depending on the treatment, repeated hospitalization, too-long period of treatment, and metastasis of disease (Carter, 2005;Gaugler et al, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Given et al, 2006;Kitrungrote and Cohen, 2006;Langer et al, 2007;Mystakidou et al, 2007;Simmons, 2007). In this study, it is observed that parents' life quality psychological health condition sub-dimension is affected depending on the symptom frequency of children and that parents' psychological health condition sub-dimension point averages decrease significantly as the symptom frequency increase (p=0.000, Table 1).…”

“…When the litterateur is reviewed, it is determined that as the symptom frequency increases parents experience problems such as emotional confusion, tension, anxiety, depression, role conflict, social isolation and problem and along with these they receive psychiatric disorder diagnoses such as stress disorder after trauma, advanced phase anxiety disorders. It is stated in litterateur that as the patients' problems increase and their symptoms become uncontrollable, caregiver family members' burden, tendency of depression and anxiety and sleep disorders increase and their life quality decreases (Carter, 2005;Gaugler et al, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Given et al, 2006;Kitrungrote and Cohen, 2006;Langer et al, 2007;Mystakidou et al, 2007;Simmons, 2007). Also in this study, it is determined that with the increase in symptom frequency, there is a significant decrease in psychological health condition sub-dimension and that this is in parallel with litterateur.…”

“…It is stated that the disease, side effects and complications resulting from the treatment, repeated hospitalization, treatment's lasting too long, and disease's causing metastasis causes patients' wellness to impair, their family/marriage/business life, health condition and social life to be affected negatively from this process; caregivers experience more emotional confusion, tension, anxiety, depression, fatigue, role conflict, social isolation and problems than the patients; different psychiatric problems and advanced level of anxiety problems such as stress disorder after trauma may appear on care givers and as a result of these, their immune systems is impaired and physical disease risks are generated (Carter, 2005;Gaugler et al, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Given et al, 2006;Kitrungrote and Cohen, 2006;Langer et al, 2007;Mystakidou et al, 2007;Simmons, 2007). In litterateur, it is stated that as the problems of the patients increase and as the symptoms become more uncontrollable, the burden, depression, tendency of anxiety and sleep disorders of family members increase and their life quality reduces (Carter, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Mystakidou et al, 2007).…”

“…In litterateur, it is stated that as the problems of the patients increase and as the symptoms become more uncontrollable, the burden, depression, tendency of anxiety and sleep disorders of family members increase and their life quality reduces (Carter, 2005;Grov et al, 2005;Dumont et al, 2006;Mystakidou et al, 2007). Mothers participate more in care of child during the disease and working mothers have to quit their jobs.…”