Effect of nursing care given at home on the quality of life of patients with stomach cancer and their family caregivers’ nursing care

Ten studies did not describe average age.

“However, it must be highlighted that 10 studies did not describe average age [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31].”

10 studies described financial problems of caregivers, resulting from costs associated with the disease, lack of financial support of other family members, or difficulty reconciling role as caregivers with work activity.

“In the economic sphere, 10 studies [25,27,39,44,53,56,57] described the financial problems of people caregivers, resulting from the costs associated with the disease, the lack of financial support of other family members, or the difficulty of reconciling their role as caregivers with their work activity.”

15 studies described caregivers as mostly spouses or daughters/sons of patients with cancer, usually sharing the same home.

“As for family bonds, 15 studies described these caregivers as being mostly spouses or daughters/sons of the patients with cancer, usually sharing the same home [22,23,25,26,27,28,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39].”

10 studies described how the patients' disease process has affected the social interaction of caregivers, who manifest great difficulty in reconciling their role as caregivers and the development of other daily activities, highlighting deterioration of working conditions.

“With regard to social aspects, 10 studies [24,25,27,31,32,41,49,53,54,55] described how the patients’ disease process has affected the social interaction of caregivers, who manifest a great difficulty in reconciling their role as caregivers and the development of other daily activities, highlighting the deterioration of working conditions.”

Care provision by caregivers of adults with cancer causes social problems, including difficulty reconciling caregiving with other activities, deterioration of working conditions, and less social event engagement.

“Regarding social problems, review studies [24,25,27,31,32,41,49,53,54,55] described how social interactions of caregivers were affected to the point of finding it very difficult to reconcile their role of caregivers with the rest of activities, where deterioration of working conditions and lesser social event engagement were highlighted.”

Care provision by caregivers of adults with cancer causes financial problems, including lack of financial support, costs derived from the disease process, and difficulty developing work activity.

“Several review studies [25,27,39,44,53,56,57] mentioned the financial problems of caregivers, highlighting among the possible causes, the lack of financial support, the costs derived from the disease process itself, or the difficulty of developing their work activity.”

13 studies indicated the need of developing coping strategies to improve management and control of both the situation and emotional strain, and to help increase training in caregivers, thus improving self-efficacy while reducing emotional impact.

“Thirteen studies [23,24,27,30,32,35,37,38,45,46,47,49,54] indicated the need of developing coping strategies to improve the management and control of both the situation and the emotional strain, and also to help increase training in caregivers, thus improving their self-efficacy while reducing the emotional impact.”

26 studies alluded to emotional and psychological problems suffered by caregivers, highlighting anxiety, depression, feelings of grief and distress, and high levels of stress.

“At an emotional level, 26 studies [22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,33,34,35,36,38,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52] alluded to the emotional and psychological problems suffered by caregivers, highlighting anxiety, depression, feelings of grief and distress, and high levels of stress.”