Open AccessUnderstanding psychological distress among pediatric cancer caregivers
Author(s) -
Gim,
Echo L. Warner,
Deborah Morreall,
Anne C. Kirchhoff,
Anita Y. Kinney,
Mark Fluchel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
supportive care in cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1433-7339
pISSN - 0941-4355
DOI - 10.1007/s00520-016-3136-z
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , socioeconomic status , nursing research , distress , pediatric cancer , cancer , demography , clinical psychology , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Few studies have examined distress in caregivers of pediatric cancer patients. We evaluated the association of socioeconomic, demographic, and patient clinical factors on caregivers' self-reported psychological distress associated with having a child with cancer.