title: The relationship of spousal caregiver burden to patient disease and treatment-related conditions.
abstract: The prevalence and intensity of different caregiving burdens experienced by spousal caregivers and the association of these burdens with various patient illness and treatment-related conditions were examined in a sample of 295 married cancer patients and their spouses. The spousal caregivers were confronted with a wide range of burdens associated with their caregiving responsibilities. Objective, as compared to subjective, caregiver burdens were more strongly associated with patient disease and treatment-related conditions. Compared to husbands, wives experienced more burden and these burdens were more strongly associated with the various disease and treatment conditions.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Raveis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Houts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States