Informal caregiver well-being during and after patients' treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer: a prospective, exploratory study.
S M C H LangenbergH PoortA N M WymengaJ W de GrootE W MullerW T A van der GraafJ B PrinsCarla M L van HerpenPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
When informal caregivers and patients experience problems before start of adjuvant chemotherapy, problems seem to improve over time. Approximately 20% of informal caregivers remain burdened and distressed after patients' end of treatment. Paying attention to baseline distress and burden seems indicated, as these were strong predictors of informal caregivers' well-being during and after treatment.