Quality of Life of Male Spouse Caregivers for Breast Cancer Patients in China

Zhu, Ping; Fu, Jianfang; Wang, Bo; Lin, Jing; Wang, Yan; Fang, Ning-ning; Wang, Dandan

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.10.4181

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“…This is similar to several studies outside of Malaysia (Son et al, 2012;Lim et al, 2016), although other studies (Turkoglu and Kilic, 2012;Effendy et al, 2015) have found otherwise. Employment (Zhu et al, 2013;Li et al, 2016), marital status (Turkoglu and Kilic, 2012), number of co-morbidities (Son et al, 2012), and duration of cancer (Li et al, 2016) have not been reported to be significant predictors for caregiver QOL; our findings are in line with those results.…”

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confidence: 91%

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Gastrointestinal Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Caregiving

Abdullah

Idris

Shamsuddin

et al. 2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Objective: This study examined the quality of life (QOL) of caregivers for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients, and associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at three referral hospitals in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A total of 323 pairs of patients and caregivers from the oncology units of these hospitals completed questionnaires in Malay. The QOL of caregivers was measured using The Malay Caregiver Quality of Life questionnaire. The independent variables were caregiver and patient factors, care-related factors, the Caregiver Strain Index-Malay, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support-Malay. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to determine the factors associated with the QOL. Variables with p < 0.05 were considered significant in the multiple analyses. Results: Female caregivers were 68.1% of the total, and 46.4% caregivers were spouses to cancer patients. Their mean age was 44.50 (13.29) years old. About 51.7% were of Malay ethnicity. The mean score for QOL was 80.17 (21.58). Being a male caregiver (beta = 5.165, p = 0.011) and of Indian ethnicity (beta = -9.163, p = 0.001) were strongly associated with caregiver QOL. Male patients contributed higher QOL scores for the caregivers compared to female patients. There was an inverse relationship among caregiving strain, duration of caregiving, and caregiver QOL. Conclusion: The identification of factors that affect QOL will allow healthcare providers to develop appropriate interventions. It is important that caregivers be in good health so as not to compromise the care they provide to their patients.

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confidence: 91%

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Gastrointestinal Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Caregiving

Abdullah

Idris

Shamsuddin

et al. 2019

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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“…Other studies have shown that nearly a third of partners expressed depressive symptoms within the first year after the survivor's breast cancer diagnosis [19,20]. Many studies across cultures also have reported higher depressive symptoms in partners of BCS compared to partners of healthy women [21,25,26] and similar levels of depressive sympmtoms as the BCS themselves [27].…”

Section: Psychological Qolmentioning

confidence: 99%

A cohort study of quality of life in partners of young breast cancer survivors compared to partners of healthy controls

Cohee

Storey

Winger

et al. 2020

J Patient Rep Outcomes

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Background: Partners of young breast cancer survivors (BCS) are at increased risk for deficits in quality of life (QoL). To intervene effectively, it is important to understand how the breast cancer experience impacts partners. The purpose of this study was to compare QoL between partners of young BCS and partners of healthy acquaintance controls. Methods: Partners of young BCS (3-8 years post treatment and ≤ 45 years old at diagnosis) and partners of agematched healthy acquaintance controls completed questionnaires on overall, physical (physical function, sexual difficulty), social (personal resources, sexual enjoyment, marital satisfaction, partner social support, social constraints, parenting satisfaction), psychological (depressive symptoms), and spiritual (behaviors, beliefs, and activities) QoL. Analyses included descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA to compare partner groups on all study variables. Results: Although partners of young BCS (n = 227) reported fewer social constraints (p < .001), they reported lower overall QoL (p < .001), fewer personal resources (p < .001), more sexual difficulty (p = .019), less sexual enjoyment (p = .002), less marital satisfaction (p = .019), more depressive symptoms (p = .024), and fewer spiritual behaviors (p < .001), beliefs (p = .001) and activities (p = .003) compared to partners of healthy acquaintance controls (n = 170). Additional analysis showed that perceptions that the relationship changed for the better since cancer, social constraints, partner social support, and depression predicted marital satisfaction among partners of young BCS. Conclusions: Partners of young BCS are at risk for poorer overall, physical, social, psychological, and spiritual QoL compared to partners of healthy women. Interventions targeting QoL domains may enable partners to effectively support their partner and improve their QoL.

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“…Traditionally, caregiving has also been described in terms of the functional status of the patient [15]. For instance, caring for women with progressive breast disease demands great involvement from family caregivers which requires them to perform more medical roles and also adopt skills that enable them to respond better to the physical, psychosocial and emotional needs of the patients [16]. According to Kristanti et al [17], caregivers' commitment to performing caregiving duties for individuals with terminal illnesses such as advanced breast cancer depends on their motive for accepting the caregiving role.…”

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Caregiving motivations and experiences among family caregivers of patients living with advanced breast cancer in Ghana

Kusi

Mensah

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Introduction Significant number of women present with advanced-stage breast cancer in Ghana. These women usually depend on family caregivers for their multi-dimensional needs. Yet, there are gaps in research about what motivates family caregivers to assume the caring role and their experiences with caregiving within the Ghanaian context. Aim To explore and describe the caregiving motivations and experiences among family caregivers of patients living with advanced breast cancer. Methods In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 family caregivers who were providing unpaid care for women living with advanced breast cancer. Colaizzi's thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Family relationship normally prescribed the caregiving role among family caregivers. Due to the lack of home-based palliative services in Ghana, findings suggest that family caregivers are the main managers of advanced breast cancer-related symptoms in the home. These findings are discussed under three major themes: (i) motivation for assuming the caregiving role; (ii) meeting self-care and psychosocial needs of the patient; and (iii) symptom management and monitoring. Conclusion Socio-cultural values influence the role of family caregivers in Ghana. This presents opportunities for health professionals and relevant stakeholders to develop a culturally-PLOS ONE

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Quality of Life of Male Spouse Caregivers for Breast Cancer Patients in China

Cited by 37 publications

References 18 publications

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Gastrointestinal Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Caregiving

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Gastrointestinal Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Caregiving

A cohort study of quality of life in partners of young breast cancer survivors compared to partners of healthy controls

Caregiving motivations and experiences among family caregivers of patients living with advanced breast cancer in Ghana

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