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Burden in Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients: The Association with Depression, Religiosity and Religious Coping

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 2019
Introduction: Cancer caregiving is challenging and often associated with significant burden in family caregivers. Yet, the healthcare providers often overlook the needs of the caregivers. Local data on cancer caregiving is still lacking. In line with the
Shim Vun Kong, Ng Chong Guan
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Caregiver burden and its associated factors among family caregivers of persons with dementia in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To assess the level of caregiver burden and factors associated with it among family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) living in communities of Shanghai, China.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Communities in Hongkou District of ...
Peng Li, Juan Li, Bei Wu, Hanzhang Xu, Wenjing Sun, Zhijian Liu, Honglin Chen, Jianhua Zhuang, Xiaohan Chen, You Yin   +9 more
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Caregiver Burden in Distance Caregivers of Patients with Cancer

Current Oncology, 2022
Distance caregivers (DCGs), those who live more than an hour away from the care recipient, often play a significant role in patients’ care. While much is known about the experience and outcomes of local family caregivers of cancer patients, little is known about the experience and outcomes of distance caregiving upon DCGs. The purpose of this study was
Sumin Park, Susan R. Mazanec, Christopher J. Burant, David Bajor, Sara L. Douglas   +4 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Burden in primary informal caregivers of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Is it associated with depression, family dysfunction, and glycemic control?

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectiveThe requirement of a chronic treatment and the increase in life expectancy in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) leads to the possibility of caregiver burden.
Lourdes Balcázar-Hernández, Hebert Huerta-Martínez, Eulalia Garrido Magaña, Elisa Nishimura-Meguro, Abigail Jiménez Márquez, Aleida Rivera-Hernández   +5 more
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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
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The Characteristics of Patients Associated With High Caregiver Burden in Parkinson's Disease in Singapore

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Introduction: Given the complex multitude of Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms, caregiving for PD patients can be highly demanding. Our study was aimed to investigate the characteristics of PD patients related to different levels of caregiver burden ...
Mark M. J. Tan, Ee Chien Lim, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Weng Kit Lye, Eng King Tan, Eng King Tan, Kumar M. Prakash, Kumar M. Prakash   +7 more
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Measuring the Caregiver Burden of Caring for Community-Residing People with Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
To assess the direct and indirect effects of patient or caregiver factors on caregiver burden of caring for community-residing people with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients diagnosed with AD from two hospitals
Hongmei Yu, Xiaocheng Wang, Runlian He, Ruifeng Liang, Liye Zhou   +4 more
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
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