The multidimensional burden of informal caregivers in primary malignant brain tumor
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Purpose Informal caregivers (ICs) provide care and improve the quality of life of patients with malignant brain tumor. We analyze the impact of their involvement on themselves from a triple perspective. Methods Home-dwelling patients with primary malignant brain tumor underwent a medical examination. ICs burden was evaluated by a self-administered postal questionnaire. Objective burden (Informal Care Time, ICT), subjective burden (Zarit Burden Inventory, ZBI), and financial burden (valuation of lost earnings using the Replacement and Opportunity Cost Methods, RCM, OCM) were evaluated. Results ICs (N = 84) were principally women (87 %) and spouses (64 %), of mean age 55 years, who assisted patients of mean age 53 years and with a mean KPS score of 61 (range = 30-90, med = 60). Subjective burden was moderate (mean ZBI = 30). Objective burden was high (mean ICT = 11.7 h/day), mostly consisting of supervision time. Higher subjective and objective burden were associated with poorer functional status (KPS) but not with a higher level of cognitive disorders in multivariate analyses. Other independent associated factors were bladder dysfunction and co-residency for objective burden and working and a poor social network for subjective burden. The 56 working ICs made work arrangements (75 %) that impacted their wages (36 %) and careers (30 %). Financial burden due to uncompensated caregiving hours for Activities of Daily Living had a mean monetary value from Є677(RCM) to Є1683(OCM) per…
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Using the 10 outcome events per predictor variable rule and considering a 70% prevalence of caregiver burden using the ZBI-22 cutoff score of 21, at least 214 participants were needed for logistic regression analysis including 15 predictor variables.
“Using the 10 outcome events per predictor variable (EPV) rule and considering a 70% prevalence of CB using the ZBI-22 cutoff score of 21 [20–24], at least 214 participants were needed for logistic regression analysis including 15 predictor variables.”
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The prevalence of caregiver burden among family caregivers of cancer patients in general using the ZBI-22 cutoff point of 21 ranged widely from 37 to 82% in other studies.
“The prevalence of CB among FCs of cancer patients in general using the ZBI-22 cutoff point of 21 ranged widely from 37 to 82% in other studies [9, 20–25].”
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- Authors
- Bayen, E., Laigle-Donadey, F., Prouté, M., Hoang-Xuan, K., Joël, M.-E., & Delattre, J.-Y.
- Affiliations
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- ORCID
- Prouté, Myrtille
- Venue
- Supportive Care in Cancer
- Published
- 2016-09-13
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 245-253
- ISSN
- 0941-4355 (ISSN-L)
- 1433-7339
- OpenAlex
- W2520520279
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 10.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Supportive Care in Cancer (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SOFMER)
- Fondation des "Gueules Cassées"
- Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l’Autonomie (CNSA)
- Fondation de France
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Keywords
- informal caregivers, primary malignant brain tumors, caregiver burden, Zarit Burden Inventory, financial burden of caregiving, replacement cost method, opportunity cost method, caregiver employment, bladder dysfunction, home-dwelling patients
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Brain Neoplasms, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Multivariate Analysis, Caregivers, Cost of Illness, Spouses
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