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Table 6 Caregiver stress

From: Cancer caregiving tasks and consequences and their associations with caregiver status and the caregiver’s relationship to the patient: a survey

 

Primary caregiver

Non-primary caregiver

Spouse/partner

110/174 (63%)

63/97 (65%)

Parent

12/17 (71%)

20/30 (67%)

Child

41/70 (59%)

60/112 (54%)

Sibling

10/17 (59%)

11/22 (50%)

Other (friend, colleague, etc.)

9/19 (47%)

14/29 (48%)

  1. The association between caregiver status, relationship to the patient, and perceived stress: the proportions (and percentages) of caregivers who felt that the patient’s disease had caused them some or a lot of stress.
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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