Open AccessSymptom Clusters and Influencing Factors in Family Caregivers of Individuals With Cancer
Author(s) -
Lena J. Lee,
Leslie Wehrlen,
Gwenyth R. Wallen,
Ya Ding,
Alyson Ross
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000877
Subject(s) - medicine , loneliness , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychological intervention , cluster (spacecraft) , family caregivers , caregiver burden , clinical psychology , cancer , psychiatry , gerontology , dementia , disease , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
A symptom cluster is a group of 2 or more symptoms that occur together and are related to each other. Although family caregivers of individuals with cancer experience multiple concurrent symptoms, the majority of symptom research has focused on assessing and managing individual, isolated symptoms.