Delivering problem-solving therapy to family caregivers of people with cancer: A feasibility study in outpatient palliative care

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dc.contributor.authorWashington, Karla T.
dc.contributor.authorDemiris, George
dc.contributor.authorOliver, Debra Parker
dc.contributor.authorAlbright, David L.
dc.contributor.authorCraig, Kevin W.
dc.contributor.authorTatum, Paul
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Missouri Columbia
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pennsylvania
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:04:05Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:04:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractObjective: In response to the well-documented need for evidence-based cancer caregiver support, we examined the feasibility of problem-solving therapy for family caregivers of cancer patients receiving outpatient palliative care and investigated the impact of problem-solving therapy on family caregivers' anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Methods: We conducted a feasibility study of a structured problem-solving therapy intervention delivered to family caregivers of cancer patients receiving outpatient palliative care from an academic health center in the Midwestern United States. Participants (N = 83) were randomly assigned to receive usual care or usual care plus a problem-solving therapy intervention, which was delivered over three sessions via web-based videoconferencing or telephone. Descriptive statistics were used to determine feasibility relative to recruitment, retention, and fidelity to core intervention components. Outcome data were analyzed using ordinary least squares multiple regression. Results: Problem-solving therapy for family caregivers of patients with cancer was found to be highly feasible in the outpatient palliative care setting. Caregivers who received problem-solving therapy reported less anxiety than those who received only usual care (P = 0.03). No statistically significant differences were observed for caregiver depression (P = 0.07) or quality of life (P = 0.06). Conclusions: Problem-solving therapy is a feasible and promising approach to reducing cancer family caregivers' anxiety in the outpatient palliative care setting. Further testing in multiple sites is recommended.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWashington, K. T., Demiris, G., Parker Oliver, D., Albright, D. L., Craig, K. W., & Tatum, P. (2018). Delivering problem‐solving therapy to family caregivers of people with cancer: A feasibility study in outpatient palliative care. In Psycho-Oncology (Vol. 27, Issue 10, pp. 2494–2499). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4859
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pon.4859
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-5829
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-0859
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-9524
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/10771
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectcancer
dc.subjectcaregivers
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectfamily
dc.subjectoncology
dc.subjectproblem solving
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjectGENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
dc.subjectHOSPICE CAREGIVERS
dc.subjectAMERICAN SOCIETY
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectIMPACT
dc.subjectOncology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectPsychology, Multidisciplinary
dc.subjectSocial Sciences, Biomedical
dc.titleDelivering problem-solving therapy to family caregivers of people with cancer: A feasibility study in outpatient palliative careen_US
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