Open AccessUnmet needs of family cancer caregivers predict quality of life in long-term cancer survivorship
Author(s) -
Youngmee Kim,
Charles S. Carver
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer survivorship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1932-2267
pISSN - 1932-2259
DOI - 10.1007/s11764-019-00794-6
Subject(s) - survivorship curve , medicine , family caregivers , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , quality of life research , cancer , demographics , needs assessment , cancer survivorship , public health , family medicine , demography , nursing , social science , sociology
To identify demographic and caregiving characteristics associated with caregivers' unmet needs and to examine associations of caregivers' unmet needs with their quality of life at 2 years and 5 years since their patients' initial diagnosis.