Abstract

Research has demonstrated that caregivers of persons with cancer and persons with dementia are at risk for negative consequences from providing care, such as increased mortality, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. However, there have been minimal efforts to describe the impact of providing care for persons with both oncological and neurological sequelae. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the care recipient's functional, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric status on the caregiver's level of burden and depressive symptoms for caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor, and to determine whether caregiver mastery and perceived adequacy of information to care moderated these relationships.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3146103; ProQuest document ID: 305156528. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Paula R. Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Patients with Brain Tumors, Neurooncology, Caregiver Outcomes, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Caregiver Burdon

Advisor

Barbara Given

Second Advisor

Charles W. Given

Third Advisor

Rachel Schiffman

Fourth Advisor

Alexander von Eye

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Michigan State University

Degree Year

2004

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-04-26

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