Care Needs and Its Correlates in Primary Caregivers of Lung Cancer Patients
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chiou, Shiuan - Chen
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to identify the care needs and related factors in primary caregivers of lung cancer. A cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted. One hundred pairs of eligible patients and caregivers were recruited from the pulmonary outpatient clinics in a medical center in Taiwan by convenience sampling. A set of questionnaires was used to assess patients’ needs, including the Karnofsky’s Performance Status Index, Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Background Information Form; the caregivers’ care needs was evaluated using the Supportive Care Need Survey-Partners & Caregivers 44 (SCNS-P&C 44), the Supportive Care Need Survey-Partners & Caregivers 44 (SCNS-P&C 44) include the seven domains, information needs• health care professional/health care service needs• daily needs• coummnication / interpersonal needs• Legal/Financial Needs• psychological/emotional needs and other needs.The results indicated that : (1) primary caregivers’ reported top ten unmet needs with the five items in the “health care professional/health care service needs” domain (37%~50%), two items were in “psychological/emotional needs” domain (45%~58%), two items were in “legal/financial needs” domain (43%~52%) and three items in “information needs” domain (40%~45%). Patients without work, older age, lower performance status, higher anxiety, symptom severity, female caregivers’ with older age, unmarried and less education level that their primary caregivers had more likely care needs. In conclusion, our data provides more information about care needs by primary caregivers in lung cancer for further clinical care and related studies.
Subjects
lung cancer
primary caregiver
care needs
SDGs
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