Journal
PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 598-605Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1287
Keywords
employment; brain tumor; caregiver; cancer; oncology
Funding
- NINR NIH HHS [F31NR8069, F31 NR008069] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH [F31NR008069] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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This cross-sectional, descriptive study identified variables associated with caregivers who (1) were employed and (2) reported lost hours from work due to care demands. Family caregivers (N = 80) of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor participated in a 4560 min telephone interview, answering questions regarding the impact of providing care on their emotional health and employment status. Younger caregivers were more likely to be employed. Caregivers were more likely to report lost hours from work when care recipients required assistance with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) and were closer to the time of diagnosis. Data suggest that interventions to assist caregivers in maintaining employment should target caregivers of persons with limitations in physical function and should include strategies to coordinate care to assist with IADLs. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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