The quality of life of regional and remote cancer caregivers in Australia.


Journal

European journal of cancer care
ISSN: 1365-2354
Titre abrégé: Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9301979

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Historique:
revised: 21 12 2021
received: 15 07 2021
accepted: 28 03 2022
pubmed: 13 4 2022
medline: 14 7 2022
entrez: 12 4 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This study compares the well-being of rural caregivers with that of the general population and explores the potential drivers of poorer outcomes. Patient-caregiver dyads (n = 241) residing in regional or remote Queensland, Australia, reported on QoL, chronic illness, caregiver burden, depression, anxiety and stress. Caregiver outcomes were compared with population norms and patient outcomes. Multiple regressions were conducted to identify factors associated with poorer caregiver outcomes. Caregivers reported lower mental health-related QoL (M = 0.436, 95% CI = 0.410-0.462) in comparison with age-matched population norms (M = 0.556, 95% CI = 0.532-0.580). No differences existed between caregiver and population norms for anxiety, stress and depression. Caregiver chronic illness and higher burden were associated with poorer mental and physical QoL, depression, anxiety and stress (η It is vital that efforts are made to improve rural caregivers' mental and emotional well-being. Interventions that support caregivers with chronic conditions reduce caregiver burden and take into consideration the unique experience of male caregivers will go some way to addressing this. Future research is needed to identify other drivers of health outcomes in this group.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35411632
doi: 10.1111/ecc.13587
pmc: PMC9542032
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e13587

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Belinda C Goodwin (BC)

Cancer Council Queensland, Fortitude Valley.
Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.

Fiona Crawford-Williams (F)

Cancer Council Queensland, Fortitude Valley.
Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.
Cancer Palliative Care Outcomes Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia.

Michael Ireland (M)

Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.
School of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, Australia.

Sonja March (S)

Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.
School of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, Australia.

Suzanne K Chambers (SK)

Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Exercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.

Joanne F Aitken (JF)

Cancer Council Queensland, Fortitude Valley.
Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.
School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia.

Jeff Dunn (J)

Cancer Council Queensland, Fortitude Valley.
Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield.
Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia.
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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