Psychological functioning of caregivers for head and neck cancer patients
Longacre ML, Ridge JA, Burtness BA, Galloway TJ, Fang CY. Psychological functioning of caregivers for head and neck cancer patients. Oral Oncology 2011, 48: 18-25. PMID: 22154127, PMCID: PMC3357183, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor psychological healthPsychological healthPoorer psychological health outcomesCaregivers' psychological healthPsychological health outcomesPsychological functioningAnxious symptomsSocial supportCaregiver outcomesCurrent findingsLongitudinal studyHNSCC patientsFamily caregiversPositive benefitsCaregiversNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaNeck cancer patientsPost-treatment periodHealth outcomesCancer patientsCell carcinomaCancer recurrenceGeneral populationPatients