Where you begin is not necessarily where you end: the mental and physical health trajectories of cancer caregivers over time
Maureen Wilson-Genderson,
Maria D Thomson,
Laura A Siminoff
Abstract:Purpose
Cancer caregiving, a critical component in the cancer-care model, has deleterious effects on the caregiver’s physical and mental health. The degree to which these negative effects are uniformly experienced by caregivers is unclear. The impact of the secondary caregiver’s absence on the primary caregivers’ well-being is understudied.
Methods
Terminal cancer patient-caregiver dyads (n = 223) were recruited from oncology clinics and followed for six months or until patient death. Longitudinal latent gro… Show more
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