ArticleJournal of nursing management2025
The Impact of Caregiving Intensity and Financial Burden on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Informal Caregivers for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Association Between Health-Related Quality of Life In Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Their Informal Caregivers.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Related Characteristics of Informal Caregivers Providing Home Health Care to Elderly Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Aims: To determine the relationship between caregiving burden (including caregiving intensity and financial burden) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of informal caregivers, as well as to explore their association with the HRQoL of patients with advanced lung cancer. Background: Against the backdrop of aging and high prevalence of tumor disease, caregiving support for cancer patients is mostly provided by informal caregivers. The caregiving burden resulting from this support may have adverse effects on the health of informal caregivers. Few studies have examined these effects simultaneously in relation to caregiving burden. Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study collected questionnaire data through face-to-face interviews at 13 centers in China. A total of 540 pairs of patients with advanced NSCLC and their informal caregivers were recruited. The HRQoL of patients and informal caregivers was measured using the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the EQ-5D-5L scale, respectively. The structural equation modeling method was used to assess the pathways and potential mediating effects. Results: The average EQ-5D-5L score of informal caregivers was 0.92 ± 0.14. Caregiver occupation ( Conclusions: More efforts are required to reduce financial burden to diminish the negative impact of patient care needs on informal caregiver health. It is imperative to explore initiatives for enhancing support to informal caregivers.
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