Care provided by older adult caregivers to a spouse in active cancer treatment: a scoping review.
Cancer
Caregiver
Older adult
Scoping review
Spouse
Journal
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
ISSN: 1433-7339
Titre abrégé: Support Care Cancer
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9302957
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
24
01
2022
accepted:
24
05
2022
pubmed:
7
6
2022
medline:
8
11
2022
entrez:
6
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Due to population aging, the number of older adults with cancer will double in the next 20 years. There is a gap in research about older adults who are the caregiver of a spouse with cancer. Therefore, this review seeks to answer the overarching research question: What is known about the association of providing care on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), psychological distress, burden, and positive aspects of caregiving for an older adult caregiver to a spouse with cancer? This scoping review was guided by the framework of Arksey and O'Malley and refined by Levac et al. Comprehensive search strategies were conducted in Medline, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) from inception until April 15, 2021. Two independent reviewers screened abstracts, full text, and completed data abstraction. A gray literature search and two stakeholder consultations were conducted. A total of 8132 abstracts were screened, and 17 articles were included. All studies outlined caregivers provided preventive, instrumental, and protective care to a spouse in active cancer treatment. However, the time spent on caregiving was rarely examined (n = 4). Providing care had a negative association on HRQOL, perceived burden, and psychological distress outcomes. Five studies examined positive experiences of caregivers. The scoping review findings highlight the informal care provided by older adult caregivers to a spouse with cancer and how the care provided is associated with HRQOL, burden, psychological distress, and the positive aspects of caregiving.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35661256
doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07176-2
pii: 10.1007/s00520-022-07176-2
pmc: PMC9166670
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
8679-8688Subventions
Organisme : Canadian Frailty Network
ID : (FRA 2015-A-07)
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Références
Canadian Cancer Society 2020 S Cancer Statistics
Statistics Canada 2020 Older adults and population aging statistics
Hardy MO 2018 Senka, Statistics Canada: Caregivers in Canada, 2018
Ketcher D et al (2021) The psychosocial impact of spouse-caregiver chronic health conditions and personal history of cancer on well-being in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. J Pain Symptom Manage 62(2):303–311
pubmed: 33348028
doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.008
Onishi H et al (2005) Spouse caregivers of terminally-ill cancer patients as cancer patients: a pilot study in a palliative care unit. Palliat Support Care 3(2):83–86
pubmed: 16594432
doi: 10.1017/S1478951505050157
Reblin M et al (2018) Everyday couples’ communication research: overcoming methodological barriers with technology. Patient Educ Couns 101(3):551–556
pubmed: 29111310
doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.10.019
Reblin M et al (2020) In-home conversations of couples with advanced cancer: support has its costs. Psychooncology 29(8):1280–1287
pubmed: 32419243
pmcid: 8080249
doi: 10.1002/pon.5416
Reblin M et al (2019) Behind closed doors: how advanced cancer couples communicate at home. J Psychosoc Oncol 37(2):228–241
pubmed: 30372376
doi: 10.1080/07347332.2018.1508535
Oldenkamp M et al (2016) Subjective burden among spousal and adult-child informal caregivers of older adults: results from a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Geriatr 16(1):208–208
pubmed: 27923347
pmcid: 5142272
doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0387-y
Adashek JJ, Subbiah IM (2020) Caring for the caregiver: a systematic review characterising the experience of caregivers of older adults with advanced cancers. ESMO open 5(5):e000862–e000862
pubmed: 32963088
pmcid: 7509963
doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000862
Kadambi S et al (2020) Older adults with cancer and their caregivers - current landscape and future directions for clinical care. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 17(12):742–755
pubmed: 32879429
pmcid: 7851836
doi: 10.1038/s41571-020-0421-z
Cohen CA, Colantonio A, Vernich L (2002) Positive aspects of caregiving: rounding out the caregiver experience. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17(2):184–188
pubmed: 11813283
doi: 10.1002/gps.561
Lee JH (2020) Exploring family caregivers’ subjective experience of positive aspects in home-based elder caregiving: from Korean family caregivers’ experience. Int J Soc Sci Stud 8(4):176
doi: 10.11114/ijsss.v8i4.4876
Ochoa CY, Buchanan Lunsford N, Lee Smith J (2020) Impact of informal cancer caregiving across the cancer experience: a systematic literature review of quality of life. Palliat Support Care 18(2):220–240
pubmed: 31588882
pmcid: 8678891
doi: 10.1017/S1478951519000622
Arksey H, O’Malley L (2005) Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. Int J Soc Res Methodol 8(1):19–32
doi: 10.1080/1364557032000119616
Colquhoun HL et al (2014) Scoping reviews: time for clarity in definition, methods, and reporting. J Clin Epidemiol 67(12):1291–1294
pubmed: 25034198
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.013
Levac D, Colquhoun H, O’Brien KK (2010) Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci IS 5(1):69–69
pubmed: 20854677
doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-69
Tricco AC et al (2018) PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation. Ann Intern Med 169(7):467–473
pubmed: 30178033
doi: 10.7326/M18-0850
Covidence Software 2021 [cited 2021; Available from: covidence.org.
Nolan M, Keady J, Grant G (1995) Developing a typology of family care: implications for nurses and other service providers. J Adv Nurs 21(2):256–265
pubmed: 7714283
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02522.x
Garcia-Ptacek S et al (2019) The caregiving phenomenon and caregiver participation in dementia. Scand J Caring Sci 33(2):255–265
pubmed: 30488971
doi: 10.1111/scs.12627
Girgis A, Lambert S, Lecathelinais C (2011) The supportive care needs survey for partners and caregivers of cancer survivors: development and psychometric evaluation. Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) 20(4):387–393
Docherty A, Brothwell CPD, Symons M (2007) The impact of inadequate knowledge on patient and spouse experience of prostate cancer. Cancer Nurs 30(1):58–63
pubmed: 17235222
doi: 10.1097/00002820-200701000-00011
Hall ET et al (2021) Perceptions of time spent pursuing cancer care among patients, caregivers, and oncology professionals. Support Care Cancer 29(5):2493–2500
pubmed: 32935204
doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05763-9
Harden JK, Northouse LL, Mood DW (2006) Qualitative analysis of couples’ experience with prostate cancer by age cohort. Cancer Nurs 29(5):367–377
pubmed: 17006110
doi: 10.1097/00002820-200609000-00004
Hsu T et al (2014) Factors associated with high burden in caregivers of older adults with cancer. Cancer 120(18):2927–2935
pubmed: 24898093
doi: 10.1002/cncr.28765
Hong QN, Gonzalez-Reyes A, Pluye P (2018) Improving the usefulness of a tool for appraising the quality of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies, the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). J Eval Clin Pract 24(3):459–467
pubmed: 29464873
doi: 10.1111/jep.12884
O’Brien ME (2017) Wife caregiver experiences in the patient with prostate cancer at home. Urol Nurs 37(1):37–46
pubmed: 29240364
doi: 10.7257/1053-816X.2017.37.1.37
Schwartz AJ et al (2019) The experiences of older caregivers of cancer patients following hospital discharge. Support Care Cancer 27(2):609–616
pubmed: 30027328
doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4355-2
Gilbar O (1994) The elderly cancer patient and his spouse: two perceptions of the burden of caregiving. J Gerontol Soc Work 21(3/4):149–158
doi: 10.1300/J083V21N03_10
Lowenstein A, Gilbar O (2000) The perception of caregiving burden on the part of elderly cancer patients, spouses and adult children. Fam Syst Health: J Collab Fami HealthCare 18(3):337–346
doi: 10.1037/h0091862
Pethybridge R, Teleni L, Chan RJ (2020) How do family-caregivers of patients with advanced cancer provide symptom self-management support? A qualitative study. Eur J Oncol Nurs 48:101795
pubmed: 32763841
doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101795
Warby A et al (2019) A survey of patient and caregiver experience with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Support Care Cancer 27(12):4675–4686
pubmed: 30944991
doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04760-x
Li Q et al (2015) The experiences of Chinese couples living with cancer: a focus group study. Cancer Nurs 38(5):383–394
pubmed: 25159079
doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000196
Luo J et al (2020) Factors related to the burden of family caregivers of elderly patients with spinal tumours in Northwest China. BMC Neurol 20(1):69
pubmed: 32111172
pmcid: 7047359
doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01652-0
Akyüz A et al (2008) Living with gynecologic cancer: experience of women and their partners. J Nurs Scholarsh 40(3):241–247
pubmed: 18840207
doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00232.x
Hoga LA, Mello DS, Dias AF (2008) Psychosocial perspectives of the partners of breast cancer patients treated with a mastectomy: an analysis of personal narratives. Cancer Nurs 31(4):318–325
pubmed: 18600120
doi: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305748.43367.1b
Marcotte J et al (2019) Needs-focused interventions for family caregivers of older adults with cancer: a descriptive interpretive study. Support Care Cancer 27(8):2771–2781
pubmed: 30519734
doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4573-7
Lehto U-S, Aromaa A, Tammela TL (2018) Experiences and psychological distress of spouses of prostate cancer patients at time of diagnosis and primary treatment. Eur J Cancer Care 27(1):e12729. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12729
Stolz-Baskett P et al (2021) Supporting older adults with chemotherapy treatment: a mixed methods exploration of cancer caregivers’ experiences and outcomes. Eur J Oncol Nurs 50:101877
pubmed: 33248360
doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101877
Informal Caregivers in Cancer: Roles, Burden, and Support (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, pp 1–41. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coping/family-friends/family-caregivers-hp-pdq
Daly BJ et al (2009) Needs of older caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc 57(Suppl 2):S293–S295
pubmed: 20122032
pmcid: 4366008
doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02516.x
Frost MH et al (2012) Spiritual well-being and quality of life of women with ovarian cancer and their spouses. J Support Oncol 10(2):72–80
pubmed: 22169704
doi: 10.1016/j.suponc.2011.09.001
Goldzweig G et al (2013) Informal caregiving to older cancer patients: preliminary research outcomes and implications. Ann Oncol 24(10):2635–2640
pubmed: 23894037
doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt250
Goldzweig G et al (2012) Coping and distress among spouse caregivers to older patients with cancer: an intricate path. J Geriatr Oncol 3(4):376–385
doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.07.003
Burnette D, Duci V, Dhembo E (2017) Psychological distress, social support, and quality of life among cancer caregivers in Albania. Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) 26(6):779–786
Ketcher D et al (2019) Caring for a spouse with advanced cancer: similarities and differences for male and female caregivers. J Behav Med 43(5):817–828
pubmed: 31845168
pmcid: 8936415
doi: 10.1007/s10865-019-00128-y
Berg CA, Upchurch R (2007) A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness across the adult life span. Psychol Bull 133(6):920–954
pubmed: 17967089
doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.6.920