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Observational studyCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026

Family Relationships as Modifiable Targets for Caregiver Quality of Life in Hospice Care: A Multicenter Study.

In Cheol Hwang, Youn Seon Choi, Hong Yup Ahn, So-Jung Park, Yoo Jeong Lee

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Observational study in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

In Cheol HwangDepartment of Family Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21565, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4677-5525
Youn Seon ChoiPalliative Care Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2406-5848
Hong Yup AhnDepartment of Statistics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8149-6981
So-Jung ParkDepartment of Hospice and Palliative Service, National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5444-0250
Yoo Jeong LeePalliative Care Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8617-6020

Funding

Korean Palliative Medicine Research Group 2025-KPMRG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Family caregivers play a critical role in supporting patients with advanced cancer, yet their quality of life (QoL) is often adversely affected and remains insufficiently addressed in routine care. Although family relationships have been widely recognized as important in the caregiving context, their specific domains have rarely been examined in relation to caregiver outcomes. This study aimed to examine the associations between distinct domains of family relationships and caregiver QoL. A total of 170 caregivers were recruited from nine hospice units in Korea between September 2021 and March 2024. for this multicenter study. The Family Relationship Assessment Scale (FRAS) and the Korean version of the Caregiver QOL Index-Cancer (CQOLC-K) were used to assess family relationships and caregiver QoL, respectively. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to evaluate the associations between specific domains of family relationships and caregiver QoL. Family relationship domains were differentially associated with caregiver QoL. Overall family relationship scores were positively associated with QoL (β = 0.30,

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CaregiversFamily RelationsHospice CareQuality of LifeAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of Koreafamily caregiverfamily relationshipshospice carepalliative carequality of life

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PMCPMC13206066

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