Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care
Health professionals are expected to support family caregivers of patients requiring palliative care. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to help clinicians identify caregivers who might be at risk of poor psychosocial functioning.This secondary analysis of baseline data from a larger...
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| author | Hudson, P. Hayman-White, K. Aranda, S. Kristjanson, Linda |
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| description | Health professionals are expected to support family caregivers of patients requiring palliative care. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to help clinicians identify caregivers who might be at risk of poor psychosocial functioning.This secondary analysis of baseline data from a larger study sought to determine if it was possible to predict the pyschosocial functioning of family caregivers who were supporting a relative with advanced incurable cancer.Data from 35 primary family caregivers obtained at the start of home-based palliative care services and five weeks later was used in the analysis. Instruments to measure careigver preparedness, competence, mastery, social support, anxiety, and self-efficacy were used.Cluster and logistic analyses revealed that self-reported 'anxiety' and competence' subscale total scores at time of commencement of home-based palliative care services were associated with caregivers at risk of lower levels of psychosocial functioning five weeks later.This study suggests that it may be possible to identify family caregivers who are at risk for poorer psychosocial functioning. However, replication in a larger sample is required before this screening approach can be recommended for clinical use. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-409592017-01-30T14:47:12Z Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care Hudson, P. Hayman-White, K. Aranda, S. Kristjanson, Linda support anxiety psychosocial functioning social support palliative care Caregiver Health professionals are expected to support family caregivers of patients requiring palliative care. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to help clinicians identify caregivers who might be at risk of poor psychosocial functioning.This secondary analysis of baseline data from a larger study sought to determine if it was possible to predict the pyschosocial functioning of family caregivers who were supporting a relative with advanced incurable cancer.Data from 35 primary family caregivers obtained at the start of home-based palliative care services and five weeks later was used in the analysis. Instruments to measure careigver preparedness, competence, mastery, social support, anxiety, and self-efficacy were used.Cluster and logistic analyses revealed that self-reported 'anxiety' and competence' subscale total scores at time of commencement of home-based palliative care services were associated with caregivers at risk of lower levels of psychosocial functioning five weeks later.This study suggests that it may be possible to identify family caregivers who are at risk for poorer psychosocial functioning. However, replication in a larger sample is required before this screening approach can be recommended for clinical use. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40959 Centre for Bioethics, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal fulltext |
| spellingShingle | support anxiety psychosocial functioning social support palliative care Caregiver Hudson, P. Hayman-White, K. Aranda, S. Kristjanson, Linda Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title | Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title_full | Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title_fullStr | Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title_short | Predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| title_sort | predicting family caregiver psychosocial functioning in palliative care |
| topic | support anxiety psychosocial functioning social support palliative care Caregiver |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40959 |