Factors associated with carer psychological and physical health during end-of-life caregiving: an observational analysis of a population-based post-bereavement survey of carers of people with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Family caregivers play an essential role in end-of-life care but suffer considerable impact on their own health. A better understanding of main factors related to carers' health is important to inform interventions. The purpose of the study was to test for the first time the potential impact of a comprehensive set of observable variables on carer health during end-of-life caregiving within a population-based carer sample.

Design

National retrospective, cross-sectional, 4-month post-bereavement postal census survey of family carers of people who died from cancer.

Setting and participants

Relatives who registered a death from cancer during a 2-week period in England were identified from death certificates by the Office of National Statistics; response rate was

SUBMITTER: Grande G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8559100 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature