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Prevalence, Severity, and Impact of Symptoms on Female Family Caregivers of Patients at the Initiation of Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Fletcher, Barbara Swore, Paul, Steven M., Dodd, Marylin J., Schumacher, Karen, West, Claudia, Cooper, Bruce, Lee, Kathryn, Aouizerat, Bradley, Swift, Patrick, Wara, William, Miaskowski, Christine A.·2008·Journal of Clinical Oncology
DOI 10.1200/jco.2007.12.2838
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PURPOSE: In a sample of family caregivers (FCs) of patients with prostate cancer who were to begin radiation therapy (RT), the purposes were to determine the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety, pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue; determine the relationships among these symptoms and between these symptoms and functional status and quality of life (QOL); evaluate for differences in functional status and QOL between FCs with low and high levels of these symptoms; and determine which factors predicted FCs' functional status and QOL. PATIENTS AND METHODS: FCs were recruited before patients initiated RT and completed self-report questionnaires that evaluated demographic characteristics, symptoms, functional status, and QOL. RESULTS: Sixty female FCs participated in the study. On the basis of established cut point scores for each symptom questionnaire, 12.2% of the FCs had clinically meaningful levels of depression, 40.7% anxiety, 15.0% pain, 36.7% sleep disturbance, 33.3% morning fatigue, and 30.0% evening fatigue. FCs who were older and who had lower levels of state anxiety and higher levels of depression, morning fatigue, and pain reported significantly poorer functional status (R(2) = 38.7%). FCs who were younger, had more years of education, were working, and who had higher levels of depression, morning fatigue, sleep disturbance, and lower levels of evening fatigue reported significantly lower QOL scores (R(2) = 70.1%). CONCLUSION: A high percentage of FCs experienced clinically meaningful levels of a variety of symptoms. These symptoms have a negative impact on the FCs' functional status and QOL.

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Authors
Fletcher, B. S., Paul, S. M., Dodd, M. J., Schumacher, K., West, C., Cooper, B., Lee, K., Aouizerat, B., Swift, P., Wara, W., & Miaskowski, C. A.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Published
2008-02-01
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
599-605
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
DOI
10.1200/jco.2007.12.2838
OpenAlex
W2127713927
Cited by
198
References
48
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FWCI
5.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR004835, T32NR007088, NR04835)
  • National Center for Research Resources (K12RR023262)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing care and research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Keywords
family caregivers, prostate cancer, radiotherapy, caregiver depression, anxiety, pain, sleep disorders, fatigue, functional status, quality of life, symptom prevalence, symptom severity
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Female, Home Nursing, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Prostatic Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index, Sleep Wake Disorders, Prevalence, Caregivers

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