RT Journal Article
T1 The influence of symptom severity of palliative care patients on their family caregivers.
A1 Valero-Cantero, Inmaculada
A1 Casals, Cristina
A1 Carrion-Velasco, Yolanda
A1 Baron-Lopez, Francisco Javier
A1 Martinez-Valero, Francisco Javier
A1 Vazquez-Sanchez, Maria Angeles
K1 Caregivers
K1 Community health nursing
K1 Home care services
K1 Medical oncology
K1 Palliative care
AB This study anlyzed whether family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer suffer impaired sleep quality, increased strain, reduced quality of life or increased care burden due to the presence and heightened intensity of symptoms in the person being cared for. A total of 41 patient-caregiver dyads (41 caregivers and 41 patients with advanced cancer) were recruited at six primary care centres in this cross-sectional study. Data were obtained over a seven-month period. Caregiver's quality of sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), caregiver's quality of life (Quality of Life Family Version), caregiver strain (Caregiver Strain Index), patients' symptoms and their intensity (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System), and sociodemographic, clinical and care-related data variables were assessed. The associations were determined using non-parametric Spearman correlation. Total Edmonton Symptom Assessment System was significantly related to overall score of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (r = 0.365, p = 0.028), the Caregiver Strain Index (r = 0.45, p = 0.005) and total Quality of Life Family Version (r = 0.432, p = 0.009), but not to the duration of daily care (r = -0.152, p = 0.377). Family caregivers for patients with advanced cancer suffer negative consequences from the presence and intensity of these patients' symptoms. Therefore, optimising the control of symptoms would benefit not only the patients but also their caregivers. Thus, interventions should be designed to improve the outcomes of patient-caregiver dyads in such cases.
PB BMJ Group
YR 2022
FD 2022-02-14
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20296
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20296
LA en
NO Valero-Cantero I, Casals C, Carrión-Velasco Y, Barón-López FJ, Martínez-Valero FJ, Vázquez-Sánchez MÁ. The influence of symptom severity of palliative care patients on their family caregivers. BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Feb 28;21(1):27
DS RISalud
RD Apr 5, 2025