Trial reportHealth communication2014
Understanding social support burden among family caregivers.
Trial report in Health communication, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social relationship challenges perceived by cancer patients and survivors: a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The potential of cannabinoids in managing cancer-related anorexia in older adults: a systematic review of the literature.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Pooled it
- Social support and subjective burden in caregivers of adults and older adults: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- When Family Life Contributes to Cancer Caregiver Burden in Palliative Care.Journal of family nursing · 2023Trial
- The Social Convoy for Family Caregivers Over the Course of Hospice.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2016Trial
- Exploring the collective hospice caregiving experience.Journal of palliative medicine · 2014Trial
- Factors influencing engagement in an online support group for family caregivers of individuals with advanced cancer.Journal of psychosocial oncologyTrial
- Framing Helper Therapy to Support User Engagement: Causal Evidence from a Public Deployment of a Mental Health Support Text Messaging Program.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2026Article
- Neurocognitive, behavioral, and treatment burden as key predictors of parental stress in pediatric epilepsy.Epilepsia · 2025Article
- Community volunteer visitation frequency shows a U shaped relationship with family caregiver burden for disabled elderly in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Stressors Disclosed on Reddit by Caregivers of Older Adults and Social Support Received: Content Analysis.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Using a Social Network Approach to Characterize Oral Health Behavior Social Support Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults.Journal of health communication · 2025Article
- Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Primary Caregivers of People Living with Mental Illness in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Motivated to care: latent classes of caregiver motivation as moderators among stress, resources, and well-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Exploring Social Support Experiences of Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia in Hospice Care.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- "Systems seem to get in the way": a qualitative study exploring experiences of accessing and receiving support among informal caregivers of people living with chronic kidney disease.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
- Examining the Social Networks Types and Their Effects on Caregiving Experience of Family Caregivers for Individuals With Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Caregiving for People With Spinal Cord Injury Undergoing Upper Extremity Reconstructive Surgery: A Prospective Exploration of Lived Experiences, Perioperative Care, and Change Across Time.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Balancing Work and Hospice Caregiving-A Closer Look at Burden, Preparedness, and Mental Health.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite the abundance of research on social support, both as a variable in larger studies and as a central focus of examination, there is little consensus about the relationship between social support and health outcomes. Current social support measures typically account only for frequency and size of network, and a paucity of research exists that has explained social support burden, defined as the burden associated with accessing and receiving support from others. We analyzed audio-recorded discussions by hospice family caregivers about their caregiving problems and potential solutions to examine social relationships within networks and identify the processes that influence social support seeking and receiving. Using qualitative thematic analysis, we found that caregivers providing hospice care experience social support burden resulting from perceived relational barriers between friends and family, the inclination to remain in control, recognition of the loss of the patient as a source of social support and guidance in decision making, family dynamics, and decreased availability of emotional support. Social support researchers should consider how the quality of communication and relationships within social networks impacts the provision and subsequent outcomes of social support in varying contexts. Findings from this study suggest that hospice social support resources should be tailored to the caregiver's support needs and include assessment on the type of support to be offered.
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