Caregiving burden, receipt of palliative care, and the use of bereavement support: secondary analysis of population-based data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The levels of support needs among people bereaved due to cancer are high; however, bereavement support services are underutilised. Reasons are unknown. We aimed to examine the relationship of caregiving burden and involvement of palliative care with the utilisation of formal bereavement support by family carers of people who died of cancer.

Methods

Secondary analysis of population-based mortality follow-back study (QUALYCARE) with bereaved relatives of adults who registered the death of an adult due to cancer and involved in caregiving. We ran a multivariate logistic regression to determine whether caregiving burden and palliative care involvement explain the utilisation of bereavement support.

Results

Out of 523 family members involved in caregiving (66% w

SUBMITTER: Brito MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11963336 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature