Demands on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients.
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Demands on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients. / Baghi, Mehran; Wagenblast, Jens; Hambek, Markus; Radeloff, Andreas; Gstoettner, Wolfgang; Scherzed, Agmal; Spaenkuch, Birgit; Yuan, Juping; Hornung, Stefan; Strebhardt, Klaus; Knecht, Rainald.
in: LARYNGOSCOPE, Jahrgang 117, Nr. 4, 4, 2007, S. 712-716.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Demands on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients.
AU - Baghi, Mehran
AU - Wagenblast, Jens
AU - Hambek, Markus
AU - Radeloff, Andreas
AU - Gstoettner, Wolfgang
AU - Scherzed, Agmal
AU - Spaenkuch, Birgit
AU - Yuan, Juping
AU - Hornung, Stefan
AU - Strebhardt, Klaus
AU - Knecht, Rainald
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - BACKGROUND: Relatives of cancer patients experience high levels of stress that influence the quality of life of these individuals. To investigate whether there is a necessity for simultaneous supportive care of patient relatives, we performed for the first time a study asking the closest relatives of head and neck cancer patients about their needs during and after the treatment to consider how to optimize the situation for such patient groups. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients' relatives were assessed using an anonymous self-report questionnaire that was established in our department by expanding on a questionnaire for cancer patients' relatives from the psycho-oncologic society in Switzerland. The evaluation was multidimensional, cancer specific, and relative based. RESULTS: Relatives feel confronted themselves with cancer, although indirectly. The majority of the respondents were of the opinion that simultaneous psychological care of the patients and for the caring relatives would be helpful to cope with the situation. CONCLUSION: This study shows the significant impact of cancer on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients. In our opinion, health services should become more aware of this potential to ensure that the needs of the involved patient relatives are met as well as those of the patients.
AB - BACKGROUND: Relatives of cancer patients experience high levels of stress that influence the quality of life of these individuals. To investigate whether there is a necessity for simultaneous supportive care of patient relatives, we performed for the first time a study asking the closest relatives of head and neck cancer patients about their needs during and after the treatment to consider how to optimize the situation for such patient groups. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients' relatives were assessed using an anonymous self-report questionnaire that was established in our department by expanding on a questionnaire for cancer patients' relatives from the psycho-oncologic society in Switzerland. The evaluation was multidimensional, cancer specific, and relative based. RESULTS: Relatives feel confronted themselves with cancer, although indirectly. The majority of the respondents were of the opinion that simultaneous psychological care of the patients and for the caring relatives would be helpful to cope with the situation. CONCLUSION: This study shows the significant impact of cancer on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients. In our opinion, health services should become more aware of this potential to ensure that the needs of the involved patient relatives are met as well as those of the patients.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 117
SP - 712
EP - 716
JO - LARYNGOSCOPE
JF - LARYNGOSCOPE
SN - 0023-852X
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
