Open AccessA Labor of Love
Author(s) -
Alyson Ross,
Thiruppavai Sundaramurthi,
Margaret Bevans
Publication year - 2013
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.0b013e3182747b75
Subject(s) - cinahl , medicine , affect (linguistics) , health promotion , distress , nursing research , gerontology , disease , medline , dementia , family caregivers , clinical psychology , public health , nursing , psychological intervention , psychology , communication , pathology , political science , law
Evidence suggests that emotional distress and objective demands of cancer caregiving are comparable to those of dementia caregiving, yet little research has focused on the physical health of cancer caregivers. Whether the stress leads directly to changes in health or whether the stress leads to changes in health behaviors, which in turn affect health, has not been systematically examined.