Conference Paper: Carry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregivers

TitleCarry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregivers
Authors
KeywordsMedical sciences
Oncology psychology medical sciences
Psychiatry and neurology
Issue Date2013
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5807
Citation
The 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology (IPOS 2013), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 4–8 November 2013. In Psycho-oncology, 2013, v. 22 suppl. 3, p. 156, abstract no. P1-55 How to Cite?
AbstractBACKGROUND: Cancer not only impacted on the patients, but also on their caregivers. Cancer caregiving resulted in impairments to daily life schedule, financial arrangement, family relationships, and physical health of the caregivers. Little is known about caregiving stress across the gender. This is the purpose of this study to explore whether impact of caregiver stress means differently to Chinese male and female caregiving spouses in the context of the patient-caregiver dyads. METHOD: 146 pairs of Chinese cancer patients and their caregiving spouse were surveyed. The caregivers completed a questionnaire on their perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale) and the Caregiver Stress Assessment (CRA); whereas the care recipients completed questionnaire on their self-reported mental and physical health (Short Form 12). In addition, the patientcaregiver dyads also completed a measure on their perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support), as well as their demographics. For this study, a total of 72 male caregiving spouses (49.3%) and 74 female caregiving spouses …
DescriptionPoster abstracts: P1-55
This journal suppl. entitled: Special Issue: Abstracts of the IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology ... 2013
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/206146
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dc.contributor.authorWan, AHYen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, THYen_US
dc.contributor.authorYuen, LPen_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, JSMen_US
dc.contributor.authorSham, JSTen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, CLWen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-20T12:52:44Z-
dc.date.available2014-10-20T12:52:44Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology (IPOS 2013), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 4–8 November 2013. In Psycho-oncology, 2013, v. 22 suppl. 3, p. 156, abstract no. P1-55en_US
dc.identifier.issn1057-9249-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/206146-
dc.descriptionPoster abstracts: P1-55-
dc.descriptionThis journal suppl. entitled: Special Issue: Abstracts of the IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology ... 2013-
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Cancer not only impacted on the patients, but also on their caregivers. Cancer caregiving resulted in impairments to daily life schedule, financial arrangement, family relationships, and physical health of the caregivers. Little is known about caregiving stress across the gender. This is the purpose of this study to explore whether impact of caregiver stress means differently to Chinese male and female caregiving spouses in the context of the patient-caregiver dyads. METHOD: 146 pairs of Chinese cancer patients and their caregiving spouse were surveyed. The caregivers completed a questionnaire on their perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale) and the Caregiver Stress Assessment (CRA); whereas the care recipients completed questionnaire on their self-reported mental and physical health (Short Form 12). In addition, the patientcaregiver dyads also completed a measure on their perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support), as well as their demographics. For this study, a total of 72 male caregiving spouses (49.3%) and 74 female caregiving spouses …-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5807-
dc.relation.ispartofPsycho-oncologyen_US
dc.rightsPsycho-oncology. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons Ltd.-
dc.rightsAuthor holds the copyright-
dc.subjectMedical sciences-
dc.subjectOncology psychology medical sciences-
dc.subjectPsychiatry and neurology-
dc.titleCarry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregiversen_US
dc.typeConference_Paperen_US
dc.identifier.emailWan, AHY: awan@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChan, THY: chanhangyee@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChan, JSM: chansm5@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailSham, JST: jstsham@hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailChan, CLW: cecichan@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChan, CLW=rp00579en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1099-1611.2013.3394-
dc.identifier.hkuros240846en_US
dc.identifier.volume22-
dc.identifier.issuesuppl. 3-
dc.identifier.spage156, abstract no. P1-55-
dc.identifier.epage156, abstract no. P1-55-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000325687200002-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl1057-9249-

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