title: Perceived mood, health, and burden in female Mexican American family cancer caregivers.
abstract: Female family caregivers of various global cultures provide basic care in health, social, emotional, and financial domains for family members with cancer and may sacrifice their own health to do so. To learn about role-related mood, health status self-perceptions, and burden of one cultural group, we used qualitative and quantitative approaches to study 34 Mexican American (MA) women who provided care for an ill family member with cancer. We report quantitative data on study variables and make comparisons with caregiver qualitative reports. Implications for health planning, service delivery, and future research with underserved, minority female caregivers are presented.
authors.affiliation: Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. J.Well@tcu.edu
authors.forename: Jo Nell
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Carolyn Spence
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Cagle
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Mary Luna
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hollen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000208:ethnology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health