Resilience, preparedness, and distress among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer.
James Nicholas Dionne-OdomAndres AzueroRichard A TaylorRachel D WellsBailey A HendricksAvery C BechtholdRhiannon D ReedErin R HarrellChinara K DosseSally EnglerPeggy McKieDeborah B EjemMarie A BakitasAbby R RosenbergPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)
These results suggest that resilience may be critical to caregivers' abilities to manage stress, be effective sources of support to patients, and feel ready to make future medical decisions on behalf of patients. Future work should explore and clinicians should consider whether resilience can be enhanced in cancer caregivers to optimize their well-being and ability to perform in the caregiving and surrogate decision-making roles.