The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital

Many studies among caregivers of breast cancer patients have revealed that stress affects a significant proportion of this particular group. The situation among caregivers of breast cancer patients in Malaysia was however not known. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the proportion of the...

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Main Authors:	Raynuha Mahadevan, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, Azlin Baharuddin, Rosdinom Razali
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling	ukm-63212016-12-14T06:40:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6321/ The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital Raynuha Mahadevan, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, Azlin Baharuddin, Rosdinom Razali, Many studies among caregivers of breast cancer patients have revealed that stress affects a significant proportion of this particular group. The situation among caregivers of breast cancer patients in Malaysia was however not known. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the proportion of the family caregivers who experienced stress while caring for the breast cancer patients who were on oncologic treatment in Kuala Lumpur Hospital and factors which predict the stress among these caregivers. A total of 130 family caregiver-breast cancer patient dyads who were attending the Institute of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital during a 3-month study period were recruited by non-random sampling method. The caregivers’ stress was measured using the stress domain of the depression, anxiety, stress scale (DASS-21) while other data obtained included the patients’ and caregivers’ socio demographic status, the patients’ illness characteristics and the caregiving factors and the caregivers’ perceived social support. About 1 in 4 (24.6%; n=32) caregivers of breast cancer patients were stressed. Duration of caregiving, sharing of caregiving burden, patients’ age and patients’ functionality were found to be significantly associated with stress (p value <0.05). All these factors, except for duration of caregiving, continue to be significant in the logistic regression analysis (p value <0.05). This study found that a high proportion of the family caregivers experienced stress. Identification of the predictors of stress among the caregivers may help in the prevention strategies of stress in this group of caregivers. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6321/1/20_Raynuha.pdf Raynuha Mahadevan, and Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, and Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, and Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, and Azlin Baharuddin, and Rosdinom Razali, (2013) The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (7). pp. 1019-1026. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	Many studies among caregivers of breast cancer patients have revealed that stress affects a significant proportion of this particular group. The situation among caregivers of breast cancer patients in Malaysia was however not known. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the proportion of the family caregivers who experienced stress while caring for the breast cancer patients who were on oncologic treatment in Kuala Lumpur Hospital and factors which predict the stress among these caregivers. A total of 130 family caregiver-breast cancer patient dyads who were attending the Institute of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital during a 3-month study period were recruited by non-random sampling method. The caregivers’ stress was measured using the stress domain of the depression, anxiety, stress scale (DASS-21) while other data obtained included the patients’ and caregivers’ socio demographic status, the patients’ illness characteristics and the caregiving factors and the caregivers’ perceived social support. About 1 in 4 (24.6%; n=32) caregivers of breast cancer patients were stressed. Duration of caregiving, sharing of caregiving burden, patients’ age and patients’ functionality were found to be significantly associated with stress (p value <0.05). All these factors, except for duration of caregiving, continue to be significant in the logistic regression analysis (p value <0.05). This study found that a high proportion of the family caregivers experienced stress. Identification of the predictors of stress among the caregivers may help in the prevention strategies of stress in this group of caregivers.
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author	Raynuha Mahadevan, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, Azlin Baharuddin, Rosdinom Razali,
spellingShingle	Raynuha Mahadevan, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, Azlin Baharuddin, Rosdinom Razali, The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
author_facet	Raynuha Mahadevan, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Siti Hazrah Selamat Din, Siti Nor Aizah Ahmad, Azlin Baharuddin, Rosdinom Razali,
author_sort	Raynuha Mahadevan,
title	The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
title_short	The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
title_full	The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
title_fullStr	The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
title_full_unstemmed	The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital
title_sort	stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a malaysian general hospital
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6321/1/20_Raynuha.pdf
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The stress of caregiving: a study of family caregivers of breast cancer patients receiving oncologic treatment at a Malaysian General Hospital

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