Demands on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients
Demands on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients
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DOI：
10.1097/mlg.0b013e318031d0b4
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Knecht, Rainald
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作者：
Baghi, Mehran;Wagenblast, Jens;Knecht, Rainald
背景：癌症患者的亲属承受着很大的压力，影响了这些人的生活质量。为了调查患者亲属是否有必要同时进行支持性护理，我们首次进行了一项研究，询问头颈癌患者的近亲在治疗期间和治疗后的需求，以考虑如何优化此类患者群体的情况。材料和方法。使用匿名自我报告问卷对患者亲属进行评估，该问卷是我们部门通过扩展瑞士心理肿瘤学会针对癌症患者亲属的问卷而建立的。该评估是多维的、针对癌症的且基于相对的。结果：亲属感觉自己面临着癌症，尽管是间接的。大多数受访者认为，对患者和照顾其亲属的同时进行心理护理将有助于应对这种情况。结论：这项研究表明癌症对头颈癌患者的护理亲属有显着影响。我们认为，卫生服务部门应该更加意识到这种潜力，以确保相关患者亲属以及患者的需求得到满足。
Background: Relatives of cancer patients experience high levels of stress that influence the quality of life of these individuals. To investigate whether there is a necessity for simultaneous supportive care of patient relatives, we performed for the first time a study asking the closest relatives of head and neck cancer patients about their needs during and after the treatment to consider how to optimize the situation for such patient groups. Material and Methods. Patients' relatives were assessed using an anonymous self-report questionnaire that was established in our department by expanding on a questionnaire for cancer patients' relatives from the psycho-oncologic society in Switzerland. The evaluation was multidimensional, cancer specific, and relative based. Results: Relatives feel confronted themselves with cancer, although indirectly. The majority of the respondents were of the opinion that simultaneous psychological care of the patients and for the caring relatives would be helpful to cope with the situation. Conclusion: This study shows the significant impact of cancer on caring relatives of head and neck cancer patients. In our opinion, health services should become more aware of this potential to ensure that the needs of the involved patient relatives are met as well as those of the patients.