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Conference Paper: Carry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregivers
Title | Carry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregivers |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Medical sciences Oncology psychology medical sciences Psychiatry and neurology |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | John 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? |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: 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 … |
Description | Poster abstracts: P1-55 This journal suppl. entitled: Special Issue: Abstracts of the IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology ... 2013 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206146 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.136 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wan, AHY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, THY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, LP | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, T | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, JSM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sham, JST | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, CLW | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-20T12:52:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-20T12:52:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.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 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1057-9249 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206146 | - |
dc.description | Poster abstracts: P1-55 | - |
dc.description | This journal suppl. entitled: Special Issue: Abstracts of the IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology ... 2013 | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: 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.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5807 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Psycho-oncology | en_US |
dc.rights | Psycho-oncology. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | Author holds the copyright | - |
dc.subject | Medical sciences | - |
dc.subject | Oncology psychology medical sciences | - |
dc.subject | Psychiatry and neurology | - |
dc.title | Carry that weight: a comparison of the impacts of cancer caregiving on male and female Chinese family caregivers | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wan, AHY: awan@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, THY: chanhangyee@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, JSM: chansm5@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Sham, JST: jstsham@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, CLW: cecichan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, CLW=rp00579 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1099-1611.2013.3394 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 240846 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 22 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | suppl. 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 156, abstract no. P1-55 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 156, abstract no. P1-55 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000325687200002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1057-9249 | - |