Mental Fatigue of Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients Participating in Phase I Clinical Trials
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English
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2014.
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Model were supported as useful ways to conceptualize research and organize clinical practice to help family caregivers with mental fatigue. Based on the research findings, clinicians must help caregivers mobilize supportive resources and use effective coping strategies to manage caregiver burden and reduce mental fatigue. Clinicians should tailor intervention strategies for younger caregivers who are at particular risk of developing mental fatigue. Future research needs to focus on development of interventions that will provide caregivers of patients on Phase I trials with more social support and coping resources to prevent long-term sequela.
asked caregivers to describe their perceptions of mental fatigue. Descriptive statistics were used to quantify caregivers’ level of mental fatigue using an established instrument. Results: The review of existing literature indicated that few studies have examined mental fatigue in caregivers of cancer patients. Qualitative analysis indicated that caregivers’ mental fatigue is often manifested by symptoms such as irritability and forgetfulness. Although caregivers experienced mental fatigue, most caregivers reported that they were able to provide optimum quality of care. Quantitative analyses indicate that caregivers reported higher mental fatigue than the normal population. Path analysis showed that social support had significant direct and indirect effects on mental fatigue, avoidant coping had a direct effect, and age and burden had indirect effects on mental fatigue. Conclusion: Family Systems Theory and Stress-Coping
Abstract Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of metastatic cancer, little information is available on family caregivers’ attentional capacity and fatigue. The purpose of this dissertation project was to: a) review the literature on mental fatigue of family caregivers of advanced cancer patients; b) describe caregivers’ experience of mental fatigue based on qualitative data; and c) examine caregivers’ level of mental fatigue quantitatively and identify factors associated with higher mental fatigue in caregivers of cancer patients participating in Phase I clinical trials. Methods: Data were collected from family caregivers of cancer patients participating in Phase I clinical trials at a large, metropolitan, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Midwest (N=79). Qualitative data were obtained using an open-ended questionnaire that
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