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The Hidden Morbidity of Cancer

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Saria, Marlon Garzo, Nyamathi, Adeline, Phillips, Linda R., Stanton, Annette L., Evangelista, Lorraine, Kesari, Santosh, Maliski, Sally·2017·Nursing Clinics of North America
DOI 10.1016/j.cnur.2016.10.002PMC PMC10239524
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Caregiving is a highly individualized experience. Although numerous articles have been published on caregiver burden from a variety of diagnoses and conditions, this article presents the unique features of caregiving in patients with brain metastases. Improved long-term survival, concerns about disease recurrence or progression, the cancer experience (initial diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, recurrence, progression, and end of life), and the increasing complexity of cancer treatments add to the demands placed on the caregivers of patients with brain metastases. Health care professionals must identify caregiver burden and administer the appropriate interventions, which must be as unique and individualized as the caregivers' experiences.

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  • Earlier reports in neuro-oncology often describe moderate-to-severe burden levels and identify patient functional dependence and neuropsychiatric symptoms as key correlates.

    “When considering caregiver burden, earlier reports in neuro-oncology often describe moderate-to-severe burden levels and identify patient functional dependence and neuropsychiatric symptoms as key correlates.26,27”

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    In “Primary Demands of Caregiving” (page unavailable), the paper reports that functional status affected one caregiver-burden subscale in a study of primary brain tumors, while neuropsychiatric status affected every subscale. It does not establish the claimed moderate-to-severe burden levels in neuro-oncology; searches for that severity description found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Saria, M. G., Nyamathi, A., Phillips, L. R., Stanton, A. L., Evangelista, L., Kesari, S., & Maliski, S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • Saint John's Health Center (US)
Corresponding author
Saria, Marlon Garzo
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Venue
Nursing Clinics of North America
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
159-178
ISSN
0029-6465 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cnur.2016.10.002
PMC
PMC10239524
OpenAlex
W2586488084
Cited by
29
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13
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en
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Funders
National Institute on Aging (R21AG053162)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Brain Metastases and Treatment
Keywords
caregiver burden, brain metastases, cancer caregiving, caregiver experiences, cancer survivorship, end-of-life care, recurrence, caregiver interventions
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Brain Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Caregivers

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