Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Gastrointestinal Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Caregiving
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Objective: This study examined the quality of life (QOL) of caregivers for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients, and associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at three referral hospitals in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A total of 323 pairs of patients and caregivers from the oncology units of these hospitals completed questionnaires in Malay. The QOL of caregivers was measured using The Malay Caregiver Quality of Life questionnaire. The independent variables were caregiver and patient factors, care-related factors, the Caregiver Strain Index-Malay, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support-Malay. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to determine the factors associated with the QOL. Variables with p < 0.05 were considered significant in the multiple analyses. Results: Female caregivers were 68.1% of the total, and 46.4% caregivers were spouses to cancer patients. Their mean age was 44.50 (13.29) years old. About 51.7% were of Malay ethnicity. The mean score for QOL was 80.17 (21.58). Being a male caregiver (beta = 5.165, p = 0.011) and of Indian ethnicity (beta = -9.163, p = 0.001) were strongly associated with caregiver QOL. Male patients contributed higher QOL scores for the caregivers compared to female patients. There was an inverse relationship among caregiving strain, duration of caregiving, and caregiver QOL. Conclusion: The identification of factors that affect QOL will allow healthcare providers to develop appropriate interventions. It is important that caregivers be in good health so as not to compromise the care they provide to their patients.
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Four studies highlighted the need of training health professionals on existential and spiritual distress management, as well as the need to identify groups at risk and reassigning tasks among all family members.
“Four studies [22,24,44,48] highlighted the need of training properly health professionals on existential and spiritual distress management, as well as the need to identify groups at risk and reassigning tasks among all family members.”
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The Discussion (page not provided) says health care providers should identify caregivers at risk of poor quality of life and offer them more resources. It does not call for training professionals to manage existential or spiritual distress, or for reassigning tasks among all family members. The study records whether caregiving was shared, but that is not a recommendation to redistribute tasks. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Background
- Authors
- Abdullah, N. N., Idris, I. B., Shamsuddin, K., & Abdullah, N. M. A.
- Affiliations
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (MY)
- National University of Malaysia (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Abdullah, Nik Nairan
- Venue
- Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
- Publisher
- EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd
- Published
- 2019-04-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1191-1197
- ISSN
- 1513-7368 (ISSN-L)
- 2476-762X
- PMC
- PMC6948883
- OpenAlex
- W2940528943
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 4.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Keywords
- health-related quality of life, caregivers, gastrointestinal cancer, caregiver burden, perceived social support, caregiving duration, caregiver gender, Caregiver Strain Index, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Caregivers, Young Adult
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