Desire for formal psychological support among caregivers of patients with cancer: prevalence and implications for screening their needs

Objective To investigate the prevalence of desire for formal psychological support of primary caregivers of patients with cancer and to identify caregivers' and patients' socio‐demographic and psychological characteristics as well as patients' disease‐related characteristics associate...

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Published in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2013-06, Vol.22 (6), p.1389-1395
Main Authors: Merckaert, Isabelle, Libert, Yves, Lieutenant, Frédérique, Moucheux, Angélique, Farvacques, Christine, Slachmuylder, Jean-Louis, Razavi, Darius
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Belgium - epidemiology
Cancer
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Carers
Counseling
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Desire
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand
help-seeking
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - psychology
Patients
Personality traits
Prevalence
Primary care
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological distress
Psychological support
Regression analysis
Social Support
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Objective To investigate the prevalence of desire for formal psychological support of primary caregivers of patients with cancer and to identify caregivers' and patients' socio‐demographic and psychological characteristics as well as patients' disease‐related characteristics associated with this desire. Methods This is a multicenter, cross‐sectional study assessing desire for formal psychological support among consecutive primary caregivers of patients with cancer. Patients and caregivers completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and reported their desire for formal psychological support. Results Two‐hundred and eighty‐two patient–caregiver dyads were assessed. Forty percent of patients had breast cancer, 16% had a hematologic cancer, 12% had a gastrointestinal cancer, and 32% had another solid tumor. Nineteen percent of caregivers reported desiring formal support, and 54% experienced moderate to high levels of distress. Regression analysis showed that caregivers' desire for formal support was negatively associated with caregivers' age (Exp(B) = 0.95; p 
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.3153