Caregiver Burden Domains and Their Relationship with Anxiety and Depression in the First Six Months of Cancer Diagnosis

Francisco García-Torres, Marcin J. Jabłoński, Ángel Gómez Solís, María José Jaén-Moreno, Mario Gálvez-Lara, Juan A. Moriana, María José Moreno-Díaz and Enrique Aranda
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Francisco García-Torres: Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Marcin J. Jabłoński: Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, 31501 Kraków, Poland
Ángel Gómez Solís: Reina Sofía University Hospital of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
María José Jaén-Moreno: IMIBIC Health Research Institute, Department of Social Health Sciences, Radiology and Physical Medicine, University of Córdoba, 14005 Córdoba, Spain
Mario Gálvez-Lara: Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Juan A. Moriana: Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
María José Moreno-Díaz: Department of Social Health Sciences, Radiology and Physical Medicine, University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Enrique Aranda: Medical Oncology Department, Reina Sofía University Hospital, 14004 Córdoba, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Cancer caregiving is associated with burden and a poor psychological state. However, there is no previous information about the predictive utility of specific burden domains on anxiety and depression in the first six months after a partner’s cancer diagnosis. In a longitudinal study, 67 caregivers completed the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at T1 (45–60 days after diagnosis) and T2 (180–200 days after diagnosis). Most of the caregivers were female (65.7%, mean age = 51.63, SD = 13.25), while patients were mostly male (56.7%). The TRIPOD checklist was applied. ZBI scores were moderate and HADS anxiety reached significant values. There were no differences in ZBI and HADS between T1 and T2. The relationship between burden, anxiety, and depression were more consistent at T2, while emotional burden at T1 were related and predicted anxiety and depression at T2. Some burden domains were related and predicted anxiety in caregivers in the first six months after partner cancer diagnosis. This information could be useful to prevent the onset of these symptoms in the first six months after diagnosis.

Keywords: cancer; oncology; caregivers; burden; anxiety; depression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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