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Correspondence: Joyce M. Louis, Major General Hugh G. Received: April 01, Published: April 25, J Psychol Clin Psychiatry 7 5 : DOI: Download PDF. Partners often assume the role of caregiver when cancer is brought into the home. The support caregivers provide to cancer patients has immeasurable value. However, care giving can take a significant toll on loved ones from both a psychological and physiological perspective; sometimes to the point of producing caregiver burden.
One of the diseases most prevalent in caregivers is depression. Signs and symptoms of depression amongst caregivers vary from mild to severe and people respond quite differently to the life stressors they face. As a mood disorder, depression affects how you feel, think, and function in the performance of your daily activities. It is critically important to identify caregivers exhibiting depressive symptoms and first, to provide them with both emotional and psychological support, and second, so as to ensure the individual battling cancer receives optimal support from their loved ones.
Keywords : cancer, caregivers, psychological adjustment, depression, partner, informal caregiver, unmet needs. According to the National Cancer Institute, 1 it was estimated that 1,, new cases of cancer would be diagnosed in the United States in and about , people will have died from the disease.
The incidence of new cases of cancer is reportedly Further, the number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached nearly According to the Cancer Treatment and Survivorship Statistics report, one-third of cancer survivors in the United States today were diagnosed less than five years, 2 with As the prevalence of cancer continues to rise and cause considerable burden worldwide, such as mortality, years of life lost, and years lived with disability, it comes as no surprise to say cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
