Burden on informal caregivers of elderly cancer survivors: risk versus resilience

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dc.contributor.authorJones, S.
dc.contributor.authorWhitford, H.
dc.contributor.authorBond, M.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySimeon B. W. Jones, Hayley S. Whitford & Melissa J. Bond
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2015; 33(2):178-198
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07347332.2014.1002657
dc.identifier.issn0734-7332
dc.identifier.issn1540-7586
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/91487
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2014.1002657
dc.subjectgeriatric; cancer; caregiver; burden; psychological morbidity; psychological resilience
dc.titleBurden on informal caregivers of elderly cancer survivors: risk versus resilience
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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