Influences of perceived family hardiness and duration of caregiving, and physical health and depression of patients, on subjective burden of caregivers of head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy

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dc.contributor.authorS Tamtupen_US
dc.contributor.authorS Hirunchunhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorA Apichatoaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T06:20:02Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T06:20:02Z
dc.date.created2010-02-08en_US
dc.date.issued2010-02-08en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the influence on the subjective burden of caregivers of perceived family hardiness and duration of the caregiving, and the physical health and depression of patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy. A total of 80 patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy and their caregivers at the Radiology Department, Songklanagarind Hospital, were purposively recruited. Participants completed the Demographic Data Form, the Family Hardiness Index (FHI), the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Burden Interview (BI). The reliability of the KPS questionnaire was determined using the test-retest method and the Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.90. The reliability of the other 3 questionnaires, the CES-D, the FHI, and the BI, was tested using Cronbach's alpha and the results were 0.89, 0.85, and 0.83 respectively. The data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression.The results of the research revealed that: the perceived family hardiness and depression of the patients explained 42.7% of the variance in the subjective burden of the caregivers ( R2  =   0.427,  p   \<    .01  )The results can be used to help caregivers of head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy to enhance their adaptation when they are faced with a burdensome situation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSongklanagarind Medical Journal; Vol. 23 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2005; 445-454en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/132018
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSongklanagarind Medical Journalen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/SOMJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/SOMJ/article/view/1696en_US
dc.titleInfluences of perceived family hardiness and duration of caregiving, and physical health and depression of patients, on subjective burden of caregivers of head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapyen_US
dc.typeOriginal Articleen_US
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