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In Their Own Words: Experiences of Caregivers of Adults With Cancer as Expressed on Social Media

Rosaleen D. Bloom
Susan Beck
Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou
Maija Reblin
Lee Ellington
ONF 2019, 46(5), 617-630 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.617-630
Purpose: To explore caregivers’ writings about their experiences caring for adult individuals with cancer on a social media health communication website. Participants & Setting: Journal entries (N = 392) were analyzed for 37 adult caregivers who were posting on behalf of 20 individuals with...
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Research Review of the Supportive Care Needs of Spouses of Women With Breast Cancer

Wendy Petrie
Jo Logan
Cathy DeGrasse
ONF 2001, 1601-1607 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To provide an overview of the process, goals, and outcome recommendations from the assessment phase of the Oncology Nursing Society's Priority Symptom Management (PRISM) project and to provide the foundation for a series of evidence-based practice and qualitative systematic...
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Improving Depressive Symptoms Among Caregivers of Patients With Cancer: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Sharon L. Kozachik
Charles W. Given
Barbara A. Given
Steven J. Pierce
Faouzi Azzouz
Susan M. Rawl
Victoria L. Champion
ONF 2001, 1149-1157 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: Determine the impact of a 16-week supportive nursing intervention on caregivers of patients with newly diagnosed cancer. Design: Randomized clinical trial. Setting: Two midwestern cancer treatment sites. Sample: Caregivers of newly diagnosed patients. Patients' mean age was 55...
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Caregiving Tasks Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Lung Cancer

Tamilyn Bakas
Rebecca R. Lewis
Jayne E. Parsons
ONF 2001, 847-854 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe family caregivers’ perceptions of time spent and difficulty experienced with performing specific caregiving tasks for patients with lung cancer. To compare adult child and spousal caregivers in relation to time and difficulty of tasks. Design: A secondary analysis of...
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Building Family Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-Based Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Trial

Susan R. Mazanec
Kate Sandstrom
Darlene Coletta
Jennifer Dorth
Chad Zender
Celeste M. Alfes
Barbara J. Daly
ONF 2019, 46(4), 419-427 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.419-427
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and fidelity of a psychoeducational intervention to improve family caregiver technical and communication skills using structured simulations. Sample & Setting: 18 family caregivers of adult patients receiving radiation therapy for...
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