ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2020
Caring for a spouse with advanced cancer: similarities and differences for male and female caregivers.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Meta-synthesis of qualitative research on comfort experiences of family caregivers in hospice care: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological burden in family caregivers of patients with brain tumors.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Disparities in access to surgical resection in patients with pancreatic cancer - a systematic review.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2025Pooled it
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- The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on communication avoidance, emotional well-being, and hyperarousal in Iranian caregivers of women with advanced breast cancer.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Validation of the Malay Version of the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (MCQoL) among caregivers of cancer patients in Malaysia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dyadic associations of cancer-related communication, family resilience, and demoralization in patients with gynecological cancer and their spouses: An actor-partner interdependence model.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Resilience Among Wife and Husband Caregivers of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Advanced Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Couples' experiences of spousal caregiving for women with breast cancer: a frame analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Navigating parenthood and a partner's terminal cancer: subgroup analysis of the course of psychological distress within a comprehensive support program for families with parental cancer (Family-SCOUT).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Qualitative study of spousal emotional experiences of taking care of dying patients.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Experiences of 'Indirect' Illness in Family Caregivers of Chronically Ill and Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- "Queer people are excellent caregivers, but we're stretched so very thin": Psychosocial wellbeing and impacts of caregiving among LGBTQI cancer carers.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Direct and Indirect Predictors of Burden in Arab-Bedouin and Jewish-Israeli Mothers Caring for a Child with Epilepsy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A burden shared: the financial, psychological, and health-related consequences borne by family members and caregivers of people with cancer in India.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Clinical and Demographic Differences Among Cancer Survivors With Ostomies With and Without Informal Caregivers.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- Depression, Anxiety and Antidepressants and Anxiolytics Use in Spanish Informal Caregivers according to the Physical Activity Frequency: EHSS 2014-2020.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Most caregiving literature has focused on women, who have traditionally taken on caregiving roles. However, more research is needed to clarify the mixed evidence regarding the impact of gender on caregiver/patient psychological outcomes, especially in an advanced cancer context. In this paper, we examine gender differences in caregiver stress, burden, anxiety, depression, and coping styles, as well as how caregiver gender impacts patient outcomes in the context of advanced cancer. Eighty-eight patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers completed psychosocial surveys. All couples were heterosexual and most caregivers were women (71.6%). Female caregivers reported significantly higher levels of perceived stress, depression, anxiety, and social strain compared with male caregivers, and female patients of male caregivers were more likely to use social support as a coping style compared with male patients of female caregivers. These findings highlight the potential differences between male and female caregivers' needs and psychological health.
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