Quality of life and burden in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in active treatment settings and hospice care: A comparative study

Roberta Spatuzzi; Maria Velia Giulietti; Marcello Ricciuti; Fabiana Merico; Cristina Meloni; Paolo Fabbietti; Marica Ottaviani; Cristiano Violani; Claudia Cormio; Anna Vespa

doi:10.1080/07481187.2016.1273277

Quality of life and burden in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in active treatment settings and hospice care: A comparative study

Roberta Spatuzzi, Maria Velia Giulietti, Marcello Ricciuti, Fabiana Merico, Cristina Meloni, Paolo Fabbietti, Marica Ottaviani, Cristiano Violani, Claudia Cormio, Anna Vespa

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The aim of this study was to evaluate caregiver burden and quality of life (QoL) in active treatment settings and hospice care for 76 family caregivers of advanced cancer patients, using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form and the Caregiver Burden Inventory. Compared to the active group, the hospice group reported significantly lower QoL scores in mental component summary score and higher scores in general health subscale and in physical component summary score. Future research needs to further investigate the complexities of caregivers’ needs, especially in the emotional and mental domains, and offer effective, clinically proven interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	276-283
Number of pages	8
Journal	Death Studies
Volume	41
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1273277
Publication status	Published - May 28 2017

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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Spatuzzi, R., Giulietti, M. V., Ricciuti, M., Merico, F., Meloni, C., Fabbietti, P., Ottaviani, M., Violani, C., Cormio, C., & Vespa, A. (2017). Quality of life and burden in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in active treatment settings and hospice care: A comparative study. Death Studies, 41(5), 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1273277

Spatuzzi, R, Giulietti, MV, Ricciuti, M, Merico, F, Meloni, C, Fabbietti, P, Ottaviani, M, Violani, C, Cormio, C & Vespa, A 2017, 'Quality of life and burden in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in active treatment settings and hospice care: A comparative study', Death Studies, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2016.1273277

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