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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Burden on informal caregivers of elderly cancer survivors: risk versus resilience |
Author: | Jones, S. Whitford, H. Bond, M. |
Citation: | Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2015; 33(2):178-198 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 0734-7332 1540-7586 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Simeon B. W. Jones, Hayley S. Whitford & Melissa J. Bond |
Abstract: | This study assessed psychological morbidity and resilience, including the subjective burden of 76 caregivers of elderly cancer survivors utilizing a cross-sectional questionnaire. Participants were mainly elderly female spouses, sole-caregiving > 35 hours per week; 19.1% and 23.6% reported moderate or greater anxiety and depression, respectively. A significant regression model found depression, emotion-focused coping, and greater years since diagnosis as significant predictors of subjective caregiver burden. Thus, caregiving appears a dominant role for this group and the Brief Assessment Scale for Caregivers of the Medically Ill (BASC) appears to be an efficient screening tool for psychological morbidity in this under-supported group. |
Keywords: | geriatric; cancer; caregiver; burden; psychological morbidity; psychological resilience |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
DOI: | 10.1080/07347332.2014.1002657 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2014.1002657 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Psychology publications |
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