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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 173-177Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113514626
Keywords
family caregivers; difficulties in caring; complicated grief
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24530901] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The present study aimed to investigate difficulties in caring for a patient with cancer at the end of life at home and to examine relationships between difficulties with care and complicated grief. The 45 bereaved family members completed the Family Difficulty Scale (FDS) and the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG). The FDS score for Patient's pain and condition was the highest, followed by Caregivers did not want home care and No support from others. There was a significant relationship between FDS and ICG scores. These results suggest that the condition of the patient, the view of the caregiver on home care, and the absence of other support are important factors contributing to difficulties of family caregivers, and that these difficulties may lead to complicated grief.
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