The end-of-life experience: modifiable predictors of caregivers' bereavement adjustment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of the current study was to determine the best set of predictors of psychological disorders, regrets, health-related quality of life, and mental health function among bereaved caregivers of patients with cancer, thereby identifying promising targets for interventions to improve bereavement adjustment.

Methods

Coping with Cancer is a longitudinal study of patients with advanced cancer and their informal caregivers who were enrolled from 2002 to 2008. The main outcome measure was bereavement adjustment of 245 caregivers (eg, depression, anxiety, and regrets) 6 months after the loss of the patient. The Structured Clinical Interview of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders determined whether caregivers met the criteria for major depre

SUBMITTER: Garrido MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3947659 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature