Fear of cancer recurrence and associated factors in family caregivers of patients with hematologic malignancy receiving chemotherapy: A latent profile analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study identified the potential subgroups of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) in family caregivers (FCs) of patients with hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy, as well as exploring factors associated with subgroups.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study involving 206 pairs of participating patients with hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy and their FCs. Using Mplus 8.3 to perform the latent profile analysis of FCs' FCR, the FCs' burden, quality of life, psychological resilience, and anxiety as well as their demographic characteristics were compared between the subgroups, with a logistic regression analysis being applied to examine the factors associated with the FCR subgroups.

Results

A total of 206 FCs were classified into two s

SUBMITTER: Sheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10940887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature