Patient-Caregiver Dyads & End-of-Life Care: Caregiver Personality Disrupts Gender-Based Norms.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Gender and personality may individually impact end-of-life care. Men often receive more aggressive treatments than women near death, and personality - particularly openness - may be associated with increased care utilization when it diverges from traditional treatment norms. However, research has not examined the interaction of these variables in a dyadic context.

Objectives

This study examined the dyadic effects of patient gender and caregiver personality on end-of-life care.

Methods

Using data from the VOICE randomized clinical trial, the present sample consisted of patient-caregiver dyads receiving outpatient care for advanced cancer in Sacramento and Western New York. Analyses assessed whether caregiver personality was associated with gender-based differen

SUBMITTER: Mossman B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11032258 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature