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KMID : 0856920060090010001
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2006 Volume.9 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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Quality of Life among Family Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patient
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Jung Jin-Gyu
Kim Jong-Sung
Kim Sung-Soo
Kang Dong-Soo
Kim Sung-Min
Lee Dong-Hoon
Han -Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: Terminal cancer influences on patients as well as their family members. This research was performed to evaluate the quality of life of primary family caregivers and to investigate the influencing factors.
Methods: The results of survey were collected from 81 family caregivers who were taking care of hospitalized terminal cancer patients at an oncology department of university hospital in Daejeon from March 2005 to January 2006 with questionnaires. The questionnaires were consisted of the general characteristics of the subjects, and 36-items short-form Health Survey (SF-36) Korean version to evaluate the quality of life of family caregivers, the characteristics of patients and family caregivers’ caring trait.
Results: Family caregivers’ mean (?SD) SF-36 score was 47.9 (?20.7). Influential factors on family caregivers’ life quality were daily caring hours, economic burden, type of treatment; only supportive care, caring duration, sex, the numbers of ADLs (activity of daily livings) items that patients needed help in order by stepwised multiple logistic regression analysis (overall R2=0.639, P=0.044).
Conclusion: Daily caring hours and economic burden were two influential modifiable factors on family caregivers’ quality of life. Therefore, social supportive systems are required to reduce family caregivers’ daily caring hour and economic burden. (Korean J Hosp Palliat Care 2006;9:1-10)
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KEYWORD
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Quality of life, Terminal cancer, Family caregiver
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