Psychological assessment of the caregivers of women with cancer through the General Comfort Questionnaire
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2010000200010Keywords:
psychology, neoplasms, caregivers, palliative care, anxietyAbstract
This study evaluated global well-being of 133 caregivers of women with genital or breast cancer in the advanced stage of disease through the General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ) and evaluates the association with anxiety, depression, sociodemographic characteristics; and incumbencies of the main caregivers. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was completed, followed by the GCQ and an interview semi-structured. To assess the effects of the caregivers characteristics on GCQ scores, analysis of variance followed by Tukey were applied. Stepwise multiple linear regressions were used. The Cronbachs Alpha coefficient was 0.8315. Older caregiver presented better comfort (p<0.01). Caregivers male presented degree of well-being significantly higher than female caregivers. Patients spouses showed significantly greater GCQ scores than other caregivers (p<0.001). Anxiety (p<0.01), depression (p=0.02), and being woman (p=0.01) were strongly associated with lower well-being. The GCQ was efficient to conduct a comprehensive and multidimensional assessment of the caregiver.Downloads
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