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- Title
The Stress of Sadness.
- Authors
Ratkowski, Kristy L.; Washington, Karla T.; Craig, Kevin W.; Albright, David L.
- Abstract
A family member or friend is often a hospice patient's primary caregiver and, as such, may face a significant number of stressors, including challenges related to managing patient symptoms. This study investigated the most stressful patient symptoms as reported by 111 hospice family caregivers of cancer (n=66) and cardiopulmonary (n=45) patients. Researchers calculated the mean level of stress caregivers attributed to 32 different patient symptoms commonly encountered at end of life. They found the symptoms perceived as most stressful for caregivers were psychological in nature. Study findings suggest that members of the hospice interdisciplinary team should connect patients and their caregivers to various types of support to address psychological symptoms, benefitting patients and caregivers alike.
- Subjects
FAMILIES &; psychology; CANCER patients; COGNITIVE therapy; GRIEF; CARDIAC patients; HOSPICE care; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation; SYMPTOMS; BURDEN of care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 7, p745
- ISSN
1049-9091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049909114540034