Caregiving Burden, Stress, and Health Effects Among Family Caregivers of Adult Cancer Patients

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

“…In the further analysis, it is found that there is difference between the point averages of the group that has low symptom frequency and the group that has medium frequency (p=0.000), and the group that has low and the group that has high frequency (p=0.000); and that there is not difference between the point averages of the group that has medium and high symptom frequency (p=0.162). When the litterateur is examined, it is determined that as the disease is diagnosed and treatment is started with the cancer child, the disease event enters into family members' live, impairs their daily order, restricts their daily activities, impairs their health condition, disrupts the physical and emotional balances of the child and family, prevents them from having satisfaction from the life and decreases their life quality (Bergkvist and Wengstrom, 2006;Hassett, 2010;Bevans and Sternberg, 2012;Gaugler et al, 2012;Lambert et al, 2012;Turkoglu and Kilic, 2012). In this study, it is determined that the life quality significantly decreases as the symptom frequency increases and that this is in parallel with the litterateur.…”

“…in paediatric oncology patients, disease event enters in the life of family members, impairs their daily order, causes conflict about their social roles, results in tension in domestic relations, restricts their daily activities, impairs their health and causes economic loss for them, impairs the child's and family's physical, emotional and economic balances, prevents them from being satisfied of life and reduces their life quality (Bergkvist and Wengstrom, 2006;Hassett, 2010;Bevans and Sternberg, 2012;Gaugler et al, 2012;Lambert et al, 2012;Turkoglu and Kilic, 2012).…”

Long-term follow-up of informal caregivers after allo-SCT: a systematic review

“…21,22 Caregivers also experience physical symptoms and conditions, including fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain, loss of physical strength, loss of appetite and weight loss. 24 One of the most common physical symptoms of caregiver strain is fatigue, 21,22,25 which frequently contributes to poor quality of life even after the acute phase of transplant is complete. 26 All of the above symptoms experienced by caregivers of HSCT patients likely contribute to several psychosocial aberrations that have been demonstrated in the literature.…”

Caring for a Celiac Partner: Gluten, but not Worry Free

“…Furthermore, caregivers can face financial challenges due to missed workdays, changes in work schedules, and the financial costs of medications or supplies [2]. These psychological and physiological effects can contribute to immune system dysfunction, coronary artery disease, and even early death in caregivers [3].…”

“…Caregiver burden has been studied in great detail in a variety of cancers and neurological illnesses such as dementia and Parkinson's disease [1][2][3]. Studies of caregiver or partner burden in chronic gastrointestinal diseases have been until recently limited to the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) [4].…”