- Title
- Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among family caregivers of cancer patients: a nationwide survey of patient-family caregiver dyads in Korea
- Creator
- Park, Boyoung; Kim, So Young; Shin, Ji-Yeon; Sanson-Fisher, Robert W.; Shin, Dong Wook; Cho, Juhee; Park, Jon-Hyock
- Relation
- Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 21, Issue 10, p. 2799-2807
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1852-1
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Purpose: This study aimed to identify the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among family caregivers of patients with cancer in Korea. Methods: A national, multicenter, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 897 family caregivers. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess anxiety and depression in patient-family caregiver dyads. Results: The prevalence of anxiety in family caregivers was 38.1 %:20.3 % reported mild anxiety, 13.3 % reported moderate anxiety, and 4.6 % reported severe anxiety. The prevalence of depression was 82.2 %:40.4 % reported mild depression, 25.5 % reported moderate depression, and 16.3 % reported severe depression. Family caregivers who were younger, were caring for male patients, or had a low quality of life (QOL) in relation to three of the variables measured in the Korean Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC-K): burden, disturbance, and financial concerns reported increased anxiety. Becoming unemployed during caregiving, being the spouse of a patient and having low QOL in relation to three of the variables measured by the CQOLC-K: burden, disturbance, and positive adaptation were associated with depression among family caregivers. The predictive validity of the selected variables were 0.861 (95 % CI: 0.844-0.892) for anxiety and 0.794 (95 % CI: 0.751-0.828) for depression. Conclusions: Family caregivers of patients with cancer experienced high levels of anxiety and depression. Socio-demographic factors and QOL were predictors of anxiety and depression in family caregivers.
- Subject
- family caregivers; anxiety; depression; cancer; oncology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1295593
- Identifier
- uon:19073
- Identifier
- ISSN:0941-4355
- Language
- eng
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