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Caregiver Burden and Symptom Distress in People With Cancer Receiving Hospice Care

Stephanie Andrews
ONF 2001, 1469-1474 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationship between caregiver burden and symptom distress in patients with terminal cancer who are enrolled in hospice. Design: Descriptive, quantitative. Setting: A large, metropolitan, nonprofit-based organization in west central Florida. Sample: Convenience...
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Improving Depressive Symptoms Among Caregivers of Patients With Cancer: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Sharon L. Kozachik
Charles W. Given
Barbara A. Given
Steven J. Pierce
Faouzi Azzouz
Susan M. Rawl
Victoria L. Champion
ONF 2001, 1149-1157 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: Determine the impact of a 16-week supportive nursing intervention on caregivers of patients with newly diagnosed cancer. Design: Randomized clinical trial. Setting: Two midwestern cancer treatment sites. Sample: Caregivers of newly diagnosed patients. Patients' mean age was 55...
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Caregiving Tasks Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Lung Cancer

Tamilyn Bakas
Rebecca R. Lewis
Jayne E. Parsons
ONF 2001, 847-854 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe family caregivers’ perceptions of time spent and difficulty experienced with performing specific caregiving tasks for patients with lung cancer. To compare adult child and spousal caregivers in relation to time and difficulty of tasks. Design: A secondary analysis of...
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Building Family Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-Based Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Trial

Susan R. Mazanec
Kate Sandstrom
Darlene Coletta
Jennifer Dorth
Chad Zender
Celeste M. Alfes
Barbara J. Daly
ONF 2019, 46(4), 419-427 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.419-427
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and fidelity of a psychoeducational intervention to improve family caregiver technical and communication skills using structured simulations. Sample & Setting: 18 family caregivers of adult patients receiving radiation therapy for...
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The Relationships Between Family Primary Caregiver Characteristics and Satisfaction With Hospice Care, Quality of Life, and Burden

Judy L. Meyers
Louis N. Gray
ONF 2001, 73-82 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To examine relationships between family primary caregiver characteristics and satisfaction with hospice care, quality of life (QOL), and burden. Design: Exploratory, quantitative. Setting: Five hospice organizations in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Sample: 44 primary...
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