Impact of the family communication environment on burden and clinical communication in blood cancer caregiving.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the effects of the family communication environment (conversation orientation) on adult child caregivers' burden and clinical interactions and if the effects are mediated by openness to communicate about cancer, avoidant cancer communication, and social support (SS).

Method

Caregivers of a parent diagnosed with a blood cancer (N = 121) completed an online survey of validated measures of conversation orientation (i.e., the extent to which families openly communicate), SS, cancer openness, avoidance, caregiver burden, clinical communication skills, and quality of clinical interactions (QCI).

Results

Conversation orientation had significant indirect effects on caregiver burden, mediated by SS (β = -0.11, p < 0.001), as well as cancer openness and av

SUBMITTER: Campbell-Salome G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262857 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature