Background: Being involved in caring for family members during illness is part of the Indonesian culture, even during hospitalization. It is unknown which factors influence the quality of life (QoL) of family members taking care of their loved ones. The present study aims to identify factors influencing the QoL of family caregivers of hospitalized patients with cancer in Indonesia.
Objective: While forgetfulness is widely reported by breast cancer survivors, studies documenting objective memory performance yield mixed, largely inconsistent, results. Failure to find consistent,
objective memory issues may be due to the possibility that cancer survivors misattribute their experience of forgetfulness to primary memory issues rather than to difficulties in attention at the time of learning.
Maggie De Block, minister van Sociale Zaken en Volksgezondheid lanceert een oproep om thema’s in te dienen voor pilootprojecten in het kader van de hervorming van de ziekenhuisfinanciering en van h
Door annelies_verachtert op Do, 09/07/2015 - 09:14
Doel: Het doel van huidige studie is inzicht verwerven in de doelen en de doelaanpassingen die patiënten zich stellen en doorvoeren na het doormaken van een behandeling tegen kanker.
Methode: Er wordt meegewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een semigestructureerd interview om de doelen die (ex)patiënten met kanker zich stellen in kaart te brengen. Dit is gebaseerd op de personal project analysis van B. Little. Dit instrument wordt afgenomen bij 7 patiënten na een behandeling tegen kanker.
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the relationships among demographic, medical, and psychosocial factors and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) in oncology populations. Method: A systematic search identified k = 116 relevant studies published between 1990 and 2012. Meta-analyses synthesized results from studies that reported data on correlates of PTSS (k = 26) or PTG (k = 48). A meta-analysis was performed for k = 5 studies reporting the correlation between PTSS and PTG.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms in a sample of cancer survivors and to investigate their association with the impact of cancer, depressive symptoms, and social support.
Background: Cognitive decline and accompanying neurological changes associated with non-CNS cancer diagnosis and treatment have been increasingly identified in a subset of patients. Initially believed to be because of neurotoxic effects of chemotherapy exposure, observation of cognitive decline in patients not treated with chemotherapy, cancer-diagnosed individuals prior to treatment, and patients receiving alternative treatment modalities (surgery, endocrine therapy, and radiation) has led to the investigation of additional potential etiologies and moderating factors.
