Interventions to help support caregivers of people with a brain or spinal cord tumour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis and treatment of a brain or spinal cord tumour can have a huge impact on the lives of patients and their families with family caregiving often resulting in considerable burden and distress. Meeting the support needs of family caregivers is critical to maintain their emotional and physical health. Although support for caregivers is becoming more widely available, large-scale implementation is hindered by a lack of high-quality evidence for its effectiveness in the neuro-oncology caregiver population.

Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of supportive interventions at improving the well-being of caregivers of people with a brain or spinal cord tumour. To assess the effects of supportive interventions for caregivers in improving the physical and emoti

SUBMITTER: Boele FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604115 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature