Trajectories of social resource use among informal lung cancer caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social support is a key component in maintaining cancer caregiver well-being, and many resources exist to facilitate caregivers' use of social support (eg, cancer support groups). This study sought to determine how informal cancer caregivers use social resources over the course of caregiving.

Methods

The data are from the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System study of informal caregivers (n = 202) of patients with recently diagnosed lung cancer. Caregivers self-reported their sociodemographic and caregiving characteristics and social resource use over 6 months. Generalized additive models were used to assess social resource use over time, and generalized estimating equation logistic regression models were used to assess the correlates of social resource

SUBMITTER: Litzelman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature