Family support in advanced cancer

BA Given, CW Given, S Kozachik - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in the health care system have resulted in a shift of cancer care from the in‐
patient arena to ambulatory and home settings. This shift has likewise translated into …

What knowledge and skills do caregivers need?

B Given, PR Sherwood, CW Given - Journal of Social Work …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES and multiple comorbid conditions have intricate
treatment protocols that require caregiver involvement, further complicating this already …

Family and caregiver needs over the course of the cancer trajectory.

BA Given, CW Given, PR Sherwood - The journal of supportive …, 2012 - europepmc.org
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, family members often assume responsibility for
providing care. They are typically involved not only with the diagnostic and treatment phases …

The caregiver reaction assessment (CRA) for caregivers to persons with chronic physical and mental impairments

CW Given, B Given, M Stommel… - Research in nursing …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The development and testing of a multidimensional instrument to assess the reactions of
family members caring for elderly persons with physical impairments, Alzheimer's disease …

Race, socioeconomic status, and breast cancer treatment and survival

CJ Bradley, CW Given, C Roberts - Journal of the National …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background: Previous studies have found that African-American women are more likely than
white women to have late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis and shortened survival …

The influence of cancer patients' symptoms and functional states on patients' depression and family caregivers' reaction and depression.

CW Given, M Stommel, B Given, J Osuch… - Health …, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Examined the paths among cancer patients' physical and mental health and the reactions
and mental health of their family caregivers. Data for these analyses came from a cross …

[HTML][HTML] Burden and depression among caregivers of patients with cancer at the end-of-life

B Given, G Wyatt, C Given, A Gift… - Oncology nursing …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Design A prospective, longitudinal study was implemented with an inception cohort of
patients and their family caregivers who were followed after the diagnosis and treatment of …

Interhospital transfer before thrombectomy is associated with delayed treatment and worse outcome in the STRATIS registry (systematic evaluation of patients treated …

MT Froehler, JL Saver, OO Zaidat, R Jahan… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Endovascular treatment with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is beneficial for
patients with acute stroke suffering a large-vessel occlusion, although treatment efficacy is …

Detailed comparison of amyloid PET and CSF biomarkers for identifying early Alzheimer disease

S Palmqvist, H Zetterberg, N Mattsson, P Johansson… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of CSF biomarkers and amyloid PET for
diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer disease (AD). Methods: From the prospective, longitudinal …

Relationship of caregiver reactions and depression to cancer patients' symptoms, functional states and depression—a longitudinal view

ME Kurtz, JC Kurtz, CW Given, B Given - Social Science & Medicine, 1995 - Elsevier
This research examined, in a sample of N= 150 cancer patients and caregivers, the
relationships among patient's physical functioning, depression and symptomatology, impact …