Open AccessCaregivers of Patients With Brain Metastases: A Description of Caregiving Responsibilities and Psychosocial Well-being
Author(s) -
Dana Ketcher,
Amy K. Otto,
Maija Reblin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of neuroscience nursing/journal of neuroscience nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-2810
pISSN - 0888-0395
DOI - 10.1097/jnn.0000000000000500
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
There are increasing numbers of cancer patients with brain metastases, and there is a high potential for caregiving burden. Little work has explored caregiving responsibilities and psychosocial well-being in informal family caregivers (FCGs) of cancer patients with brain metastases. This study aimed to address this gap in the literature.