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Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review.

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Yang, Y; Rushton, S; Park, HK; Son, H; Woodward, A; Mcconnell, E; Hendrix, CC
Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
April 2020

Cognitive impairment (CI) is one of symptoms that adults with cancer frequently report. Although there are known factors that contribute to a patient's CI, these factors did not sufficiently explain its variability. Several studies conducted in patients with neurocognitive disorders have reported relationships between patients' cognitive function and caregiver characteristics, which are poorly understood in the context of cancer. This scoping review aims to map the literature on caregiver characteristics associated with CI in adults with cancer. We used the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and PRISMA-Sc. Studies published in English by 2019 were searched through seven electronic databases. All retrieved citations were independently screened and eligibility for inclusion was determined by two independent authors. Ten studies met inclusion for this review with all of them showing significant associations between a patient's cognitive function and caregiver characteristics. Caregiver's mental health was the most commonly associated with a patient's cognitive function followed by family functioning, adaptation to illness, attitude toward disclosure of the illness, burden, coping and resilience, and demographic characteristics. These review findings suggest that enhanced information about CI in relation to caregiver characteristics will eventually provide the foundation for multifocal interventions for patients with impaired cognitive function. This scoping review identified caregiver characteristics that are associated with patients CI. These characteristics should be also assessed when health providers assess and treat CI of adults with cancer.

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Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing

DOI

EISSN

2349-6673

ISSN

2347-5625

Publication Date

April 2020

Volume

7

Issue

2

Start / End Page

115 / 128

Related Subject Headings

  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Yang, Y., Rushton, S., Park, H. K., Son, H., Woodward, A., Mcconnell, E., & Hendrix, C. C. (2020). Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 7(2), 115–128. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_3_20
Yang, Yesol, Sharron Rushton, Hyeyoung K. Park, Heeyeon Son, Amanda Woodward, Eleanor Mcconnell, and Cristina C. Hendrix. “Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review.Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing 7, no. 2 (April 2020): 115–28. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_3_20.
Yang Y, Rushton S, Park HK, Son H, Woodward A, Mcconnell E, et al. Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review. Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing. 2020 Apr;7(2):115–28.
Yang, Yesol, et al. “Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review.Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, vol. 7, no. 2, Apr. 2020, pp. 115–28. Epmc, doi:10.4103/apjon.apjon_3_20.
Yang Y, Rushton S, Park HK, Son H, Woodward A, Mcconnell E, Hendrix CC. Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review. Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing. 2020 Apr;7(2):115–128.

Published In

Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing

DOI

EISSN

2349-6673

ISSN

2347-5625

Publication Date

April 2020

Volume

7

Issue

2

Start / End Page

115 / 128

Related Subject Headings

  • 4205 Nursing