Association between Having Cancer and Psychological Distress among Family Caregivers Using Three Years of a Nationwide Survey Data in Japan.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to describe the characteristics of caregivers with cancer compared to those without and analyze the association between having cancer and caregivers' psychological distress in Japan. We used data from the Japanese Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in 2010, 2013, and 2016. The participants were 5258 family caregivers aged ≥40 years, caring for only one family member whose information in the dataset was available for all the covariates included in the model. The family caregivers' psychological distress was defined by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) score (K6 ≥ 5). We conducted a Poisson regression analysis to examine the association between having cancer and family caregivers' distress. The sample of family caregivers consisted of mostly females (69.3%) and pe

SUBMITTER: Morales Aliaga ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8508454 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature