Factors of preparedness for loss from cancer among Taiwanese family caregivers

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ID12097695
AuthorsFur‐Hsing Wen (0000-0002-4305-686X, Soochow University), Fur-Hsing Wen (Department of International Business, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC), Ming‐Mo Hou (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Ming-Mo Hou (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Po‐Jung Su (0000-0002-6228-9650, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Po-Jung Su (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Wen‐Chi Shen (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Wen-Chi Shen (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Wen-Chi Chou (0000-0001-8408-3533, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Wen‐Chi Chou (0000-0002-0361-4548, Chang Gung University), Jen‐Shi Chen (0000-0001-9756-3974, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Jen-Shi Chen (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Wen‐Cheng Chang (0009-0008-7719-7936, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Wen-Cheng Chang (Restaurant Opportunities Centers United), Siew Tzuh Tang (0000-0001-8509-2087, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume48
Issue6
Pages630-639
Publication date2024-01-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481187.2024.2305340
PMID38236991
OpenAlexW4390967724
LanguageEN
References cited43

This cohort study investigated factors associated with 336 Taiwanese family caregivers' emotional and cognitive preparedness for death of a loved one with terminal cancer. Caregivers' death-preparedness states (no-death-preparedness [as reference], cognitive-death-preparedness-only, emotional-death-preparedness-only, and sufficient-death-preparedness states) were previously identified. Associations of factors with these states were determined by a hierarchical generalized linear model. Financial hardship decreased caregivers' likelihood for the emotional-death-preparedness-only and sufficient-death-preparedness states. Physician prognostic disclosure increased membership in the cognitive-death-preparedness-only and sufficient-death-preparedness states. The better the quality of the patient-caregiver relationship, the higher the odds for the emotional-death-preparedness-only and sufficient-death-preparedness states, whereas the greater the tendency for caregivers to communicate end-of-life issues with their loved one, the lower the odds for emotional-death-preparedness-only state membership. Stronger coping capacity increased membership in the emotional-death-preparedness-only state, but perceived social support was not associated with state membership. Providing effective interventions tailored to at-risk family caregivers' specific needs may facilitate their death preparedness

Coping (psychology · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Odds · Political science · Preparedness · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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