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Caregiver-Reported Health Outcomes: Effects of Providing Reflexology for Symptom Management to Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

Dawn Frambes
Alla Sikorskii
Irena Tesnjak
Gwen Wyatt
Rebecca Lehto
Barbara Given
ONF 2017, 44(5), 596-605 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.596-605
Purpose/Objectives: To determine the effects of delivering a reflexology intervention on health outcomes of informal caregivers, and to explore whether intervention effects are moderated by caregiver characteristics. Design: Two-group, randomized clinical trial. Setting: Eight oncology clinics in...
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Exploring Gender Differences in Self-Reported Physical Activity and Health Among Older Caregivers

Colleen A. Cuthbert
Kathryn King-Shier
Dianne Tapp
Dean Ruether
S. Nicole Culos-Reed
ONF 2017, 44(4), 435-445 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.435-445
Purpose/Objectives: To document self-reported physical health and activity levels of older caregivers. Gender differences in physical health, physical activity levels, and predictors of physical activity were also examined. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Tom Baker Cancer Centre in...
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Nursing Support of Home Hospice Caregivers on the Day of Patient Death

Margaret F. Clayton
Jennifer Hulett
Kirandeep Kaur
Maija Reblin
Andrew Wilson
Lee Ellington
ONF 2017, 44(4), 457-464 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.457-464
Purpose/Objectives: To describe nurse–caregiver communication on the day of patient death. Design: A descriptive secondary analysis of 44 audio-recorded home hospice nursing visits on day of death. Setting: Nine hospices in Utah, Oregon, and Massachusetts. Sample: 42 caregiver–patient dyads, 27...
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Complicated Grief: Risk Factors, Interventions, and Resources for Oncology Nurses

Cindy S. Tofthagen
Kevin Kip
Ann Witt
Susan C. McMillan
CJON 2017, 21(3), 331-337 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.331-337
Background: When a loved one dies of cancer, complicated grief (CG) may occur because of the trauma associated with family caregivers’ perceptions of their loved one’s suffering, either from advanced cancer or from side effects of cancer treatment. Objectives: This article provides an overview of...
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Anxiety and Depression Associated With Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Brain Metastases

Marlon Garzo Saria
Natasia S. Courchesne
Lorraine Evangelista
Joshua L. Carter
Daniel A. MacManus
Mary Kay Gorman
Adeline M. Nyamathi
Linda R. Phillips
David E. Piccioni
Santosh Kesari
Sally L. Maliski
ONF 2017, 44(3), 306-315 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.306-315
Purpose/Objectives: To describe and examine the relationship between caregiver burden and the affective disorders anxiety and depression in caregivers of patients with brain metastases. Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational. Setting: Moores Cancer Center at the University of...
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