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Examination of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients within the scope of the cancer family caregiving experience model: An embedded mixed‐methods design

Examination of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients within the scope of the cancer... INTRODUCTIONFamily caregivers play an important role in the care and treatment of advanced cancer patients since cancer requires long‐term care and the care needs of the patients are high (Given et al., 2001). Family caregivers have complex tasks such as monitoring the symptoms, coordinating the care, supporting the patient emotionally, arranging the environment to ensure the safety of the patient, problem solving, and decision making (Given et al., 2001). While the caregivers fulfil these complex roles, they may experience many difficulties due to sudden changes in the patient's health status, symptom burden experienced by the patient, the poor prognosis of the disease, and the loss of the patient (Hu et al., 2018; Wen et al., 2019). In addition, most the caregivers try to carry out their caregiver roles together with their other roles, and they may have difficulties in managing their responsibilities related to work and maintaining their social lives (Bevans & Sternberg, 2012; Kim et al., 2015).Considering the effects of the caregiving process on family members, it is important to comprehensively consider the experiences of family members in this process. Several studies have highlighted the use of the cancer family caregiving experience model (CFCEM) to identify various factors associated with the caregiving experience (Peh http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Examination of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients within the scope of the cancer family caregiving experience model: An embedded mixed‐methods design

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Wiley
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© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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0961-5423
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1365-2354
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10.1111/ecc.13659
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INTRODUCTIONFamily caregivers play an important role in the care and treatment of advanced cancer patients since cancer requires long‐term care and the care needs of the patients are high (Given et al., 2001). Family caregivers have complex tasks such as monitoring the symptoms, coordinating the care, supporting the patient emotionally, arranging the environment to ensure the safety of the patient, problem solving, and decision making (Given et al., 2001). While the caregivers fulfil these complex roles, they may experience many difficulties due to sudden changes in the patient's health status, symptom burden experienced by the patient, the poor prognosis of the disease, and the loss of the patient (Hu et al., 2018; Wen et al., 2019). In addition, most the caregivers try to carry out their caregiver roles together with their other roles, and they may have difficulties in managing their responsibilities related to work and maintaining their social lives (Bevans & Sternberg, 2012; Kim et al., 2015).Considering the effects of the caregiving process on family members, it is important to comprehensively consider the experiences of family members in this process. Several studies have highlighted the use of the cancer family caregiving experience model (CFCEM) to identify various factors associated with the caregiving experience (Peh

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European Journal of Cancer Care – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 2022

Keywords: cancer; caregiver; preparedness; quality of life; nurse

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