Fausto Meriggi, Federica Andreis, Veronica Premi, Nadia Liborio, Claudio Codignola, Maria Mazzocchi, Anna Rizzi, Tiziana Prochilo, Luigina Rota, Brunella Di Biasi, Paola Bertocchi, Chiara Abeni, Chiara Ogliosi, Francesca Aroldi, Alberto Zaniboni
OBJECTIVE: Caregivers play a key role in the management of patients with cancer. However, some studies have suggested that caregivers have even more unmet needs than the patients. METHOD: To better identify the needs and changes in the lifestyles of the caregivers in our practice and to plan a targeted support project to decrease caregiver burden, we administered the Caregiver's QoL Index-Cancer (CQoLC) to 200 consecutive caregivers. This questionnaire assesses psychological well-being, the relationship with healthcare professionals, administration of finances, lifestyle disruption, and positive adaptation...
August 2015: Palliative & Supportive Care