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Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes
Family caregivers of patients with cancer provide substantial physical, emotional, and functional care throughout the cancer trajectory. While caregiving can create employment and financial challenges, there is insufficient evidence to inform the development of caregiver-reported outcomes (CROs) tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9689650/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36354706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29110646 |
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author | Howard, A. Fuchsia Lynch, Kelsey Thorne, Sally Porcino, Antony Lambert, Leah De Vera, Mary A. Wolff, Angela C. Hedges, Penelope Beck, Scott M. Torrejón, María-José Kelly, Mary T. McKenzie, Michael |
author_facet | Howard, A. Fuchsia Lynch, Kelsey Thorne, Sally Porcino, Antony Lambert, Leah De Vera, Mary A. Wolff, Angela C. Hedges, Penelope Beck, Scott M. Torrejón, María-José Kelly, Mary T. McKenzie, Michael |
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description | Family caregivers of patients with cancer provide substantial physical, emotional, and functional care throughout the cancer trajectory. While caregiving can create employment and financial challenges, there is insufficient evidence to inform the development of caregiver-reported outcomes (CROs) that assess these experiences. The study purpose was to describe the occupational and financial consequences that were important to family caregivers of a patient with colorectal cancer (CRC) in the context of public health care, which represent potential considerations for CROs. In this qualitative Interpretive Description study, we analyzed interview data from 78 participants (25 caregivers, 37 patients, and 16 healthcare providers). Our findings point to temporary and long-term occupational and financial setbacks in the context of CRC. Caregiving for a person with CRC involved managing occupational implications, including (1) revamping employment arrangements, and (2) juggling work, family, and household demands. Caregiver financial struggles included (1) responding to financial demands at various stages of life, and (2) facing the spectre of lifelong expenses. Study findings offer novel insight into the cancer-related occupational and financial challenges facing caregivers, despite government-funded universal health care. Further research is warranted to develop CRO measures that assess the multifaceted nature of these challenges. |
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spelling | pubmed-96896502022-11-25 Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes Howard, A. Fuchsia Lynch, Kelsey Thorne, Sally Porcino, Antony Lambert, Leah De Vera, Mary A. Wolff, Angela C. Hedges, Penelope Beck, Scott M. Torrejón, María-José Kelly, Mary T. McKenzie, Michael Curr Oncol Article Family caregivers of patients with cancer provide substantial physical, emotional, and functional care throughout the cancer trajectory. While caregiving can create employment and financial challenges, there is insufficient evidence to inform the development of caregiver-reported outcomes (CROs) that assess these experiences. The study purpose was to describe the occupational and financial consequences that were important to family caregivers of a patient with colorectal cancer (CRC) in the context of public health care, which represent potential considerations for CROs. In this qualitative Interpretive Description study, we analyzed interview data from 78 participants (25 caregivers, 37 patients, and 16 healthcare providers). Our findings point to temporary and long-term occupational and financial setbacks in the context of CRC. Caregiving for a person with CRC involved managing occupational implications, including (1) revamping employment arrangements, and (2) juggling work, family, and household demands. Caregiver financial struggles included (1) responding to financial demands at various stages of life, and (2) facing the spectre of lifelong expenses. Study findings offer novel insight into the cancer-related occupational and financial challenges facing caregivers, despite government-funded universal health care. Further research is warranted to develop CRO measures that assess the multifaceted nature of these challenges. MDPI 2022-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9689650/ /pubmed/36354706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29110646 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Howard, A. Fuchsia Lynch, Kelsey Thorne, Sally Porcino, Antony Lambert, Leah De Vera, Mary A. Wolff, Angela C. Hedges, Penelope Beck, Scott M. Torrejón, María-José Kelly, Mary T. McKenzie, Michael Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title | Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title_full | Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title_fullStr | Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title_full_unstemmed | Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title_short | Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes |
title_sort | occupational and financial setbacks in caregivers of people with colorectal cancer: considerations for caregiver-reported outcomes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9689650/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36354706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29110646 |
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