Mediating effects of sense of coherence on family caregivers' depressive distress while caring for terminally ill cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Siew T ^a   Cheng, Chi C J ^b   Lee, Kwo C ^c   Chen, Chen H ^d   Liu, Li N ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Kang Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depressive distress; End of life care; Family caregivers; Mediation effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84887032223     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31826fc90d     Document Type: Article

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