Exploring the factors influencing time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Greece

dc.contributor.author	Γκοβίνα, Ουρανία	el
dc.contributor.author	Βλάχου, Ευγενία Δ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Καυγά-Παλτόγλου, Άννα	el
dc.contributor.author	Καλεμικεράκης, Ιωάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Παπαγεωργίου, Δημήτριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-26T19:45:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-26T19:45:15Z
dc.date.issued	2015-01-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/4796
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	advanced cancer
dc.subject	οικογενειακός φροντιστής
dc.subject	καρκίνος τελικού σταδίου
dc.subject	βάρος
dc.subject	κατανάλωση χρόνου
dc.subject	δύσκολες ενέργειες
dc.subject	ραδιοθεραπεία
dc.subject	family caregiver
dc.subject	caregiver burden
dc.subject	time consuming tasks
dc.subject	difficult tasks
dc.subject	radiotherapy
dc.title	Exploring the factors influencing time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Internal Medicine
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Εσωτερική παθολογία
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heal.contributorName	Φασόη, Γεωργία	el
heal.contributorName	Πατιράκη, Ελισάβετ	el
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2014-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Govina, O., Vlachou, E., Kavga-Paltoglou, A., Kalemikerakis, I., Papageorgiou, D. et all. (2014) Exploring the factors influencing time and difficulty of tasks provided by family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in Greece. “Health Science Journal”. 8 (4). p. 438 - 451. Available at: http://www.hsj.gr [Accessed: 26/01/2015]	en
heal.abstract	Introduction: ‘Caregiver burden’ is a term that describes the effects of the stressors associated with providing care to an ill family member. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the effects of patient and caregiver demographic, clinical and psychosocial variables on the perceptions of families experiencing burden when caring for a patient suffering from advanced cancer in Greece. Method and Material: Purposive sampling was adopted to study one hundred pairs of patients receiving palliative radiotherapy and their respective primary caregivers. Patients and caregivers were asked to complete a set of questionnaires. Univariate and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to identify potential predictors of burden. Results: Of the 100 patients who participated in the study, 63% was male, while of the 100 caregivers, 76% was female. The mean age of patients and caregivers was 63.9±12.55 and 53.3.±12.55 respectively. Caregiving burden related to time consuming tasks was associated with patient’s age (p=0.003), performance status (p=0.041), impact of cancer-related symptoms (p=0.002) and symptom interference with the function (p=0.017).The associations with caregiver’s variables were family status (p=0.009), minor child (p=0.028), anxiety (p<0.001) and depression (p=0.003). In multiple regression analyses, caregiving burden related to time was significantly predicted by caregivers’ anxiety, family status, minor child, as well as by patients’ symptoms, in a model that explained 32% of the total variance. Caregiving burden related to perceived difficulty was also associated to both patient [performance status (p=0.012), impact of cancer-related symptoms (p=0.004), symptom interference with the function (p=0.001) and anxiety (p=0.016)] and caregiver variables [gender (p=0.045), family status (p=0.035), anxiety (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.001)]. In multiple regression analyses, caregiving burden related to perceived difficulty was significantly predicted by caregivers’ depressed mood and anxiety, family status, minor child, as well as by patients’ symptoms, in a model that explained 38% of the total variance. Conclusions: The caregiving burden is related to several variables. Intervention strategies are needed to the vulnerable caregivers to help reduce burden, anxiety and depression associated with caregiving.	en
heal.publisher	Insight Medical Publishing	en
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true