Psychological Distress, Fatigue, Burden of Care, and Quality of Life in Primary Caregivers of Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation

Fannie Gaston-Johansson

Evelyn M. Lachica

Jane M. Fall-Dickson

M. John Kennedy

ONF 2004, 31(6), 1161-1169. DOI: 10.1188/04.ONF.1161-1169

Purpose/Objectives: To determine the effects of sociodemographic variables, psychological distress, fatigue, and quality of life (QOL) on burden of care in primary caregivers of patients with breast cancer undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT).

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