Economic burdens and quality of life of family caregivers of cancer patients

Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Young, Ho Yun ^a   Young, Sun Rhee ^a   Im, Ok Kang ^a   Jung, Suk Lee ^a   Soo, Mee Bang ^b   Won, Sup Lee ^c   Jun, Suk Kim ^d   Si, Young Kim ^e   Sang, Won Shin ^f   Young, Seon Hong ^g  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^g The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burden; Cancer; Family caregiver; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KOREA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23844507947     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085703     Document Type: Article

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