Caregivers needs of patients with breast cancer and their related factors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2017.29.003
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌患者照顾者的照顾需求状况及相关因素研究
- Author:
Wei GAO
1
,
2
;
山东大学公共卫生学院
;
Songying ZHU
;
Lei GAO
;
Ming LYU
Author Information
1. 250012济南,山东大学齐鲁医院乳腺外科
2. 山东大学公共卫生学院
- Keywords:
Breast neoplasms;
Caregivers;
Caregiver needs
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2017;33(29):2251-2254
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To assess the caregiver's needs of patients with breast cancer and their related factors. Methods By purposive sampling,caregivers of hospitalized patients with breast cancer were recruited and completed the Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool for Cancer Caregivers(CNAT-C),9 items Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9),Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7(GAD-7)to assess their demographic characteristics,needs,depression and anxiety. Results A total of 82 caregivers completed the questionnaires.The most unmet need was health-care staff,followed by information,hospital facilities and services, practical support, family/social support, health and psychological problems and religious/spiritual support.The domain with the highest prevalence of unmet needs was healthcare staff(69.5%,57/82),followed by information/education(48.8%,40/82).The score of domains of health and psychological problems,hospital facilities and services was(6.42±5.73),(10.52±4.84)points in female caregivers,and (2.84±2.52),(7.41±5.39)points in male caregivers,there was significant difference(t=2.83,2.47,P<0.01 or 0.05). Caregivers with high school or lower education reported higher needs in health staff domain than caregivers with higher education: (19.70 ± 5.72) points vs. (16.77 ± 7.38) points, t=2.02, P=0.046. Caregivers who were unmarried had higher needs in domain of religious/spiritual support than married caregivers:(2.86±2.27)points vs.(1.56±0.18)points,t=2.99,P=0.004.Caregivers who were religious had higher needs in domain of religious/spiritual support than caregivers who were not:(2.63±1.92)points vs. (0.93 ± 0.61) points, t=2.78, P=0.007). Caregivers who were from rural area reported higher needs in domain of practical support than those from city: (6.48 ± 4.82) points vs. (4.19 ± 1.35) points, t=2.00, P=0.049. The total score of caregiver needs was positively correlated with depression (r =0.44, P < 0.01), anxiety(r=0.41,P<0.01),in addition to the medical staff and the other dimensions of depression(r=0.28-0.46, P < 0.05), anxiety (r=0.22-0.51, P < 0.05) were positively correlated. Conclusions The most unmet needs of caregivers of patients with breast cancer were health-care staff, followed by information, and hospital facilities and services. More attention should be paid on caregivers who were female, with lower education,unmarried,religious,from rural area and reported depression and anxiety.
