Evaluation of a brief pilot psychoeducational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients: a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study

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• 作者：Rathi Mahendran ; Haikel A. Lim ; Joyce Y. S. Tan…
• 关键词：Cancer ; Oncology ; Family caregivers ; Quality of life ; Psychosocial intervention ; Asia
• 刊名：Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：619KB
• 刊物主题：Quality of Life Research; Quality of Life Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1477-7525
• 卷排序：15

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BackgroundFamily caregivers of cancer patients often experience an impaired quality of life (QOL) and emotional distress as a result of their caregiving duties, which may potentially influence the quality of care of their care recipients. The COPE (Caregivers of cancer Outpatients’ Psycho-Education support group therapy) intervention was developed as a response to the lack of work done among family caregivers of ambulatory cancer patients in Asia. This group intervention comprised four weekly sessions simultaneously targeting psychoeducation, skills training, and supportive therapy. The present study sought to evaluate the pilot COPE intervention using both quantitative and qualitative measures. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to measure both depression and anxiety, while the Caregiver QOL – Cancer (CQOLC) measured caregiver QOL. These instruments were measured at baseline pre-intervention, and immediately post-intervention. A waitlist control group design was adopted. A subset of caregivers from the intervention group were invited for a semi-structured interview post-intervention.