Evaluation of Psychosocial Problemsof the Home-bound Cancer Patient
- 19 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j077v01n03_01
Abstract
The records kept by home health agencies on 447 homebound married cancer patients were evaluated to determine the types of psychosocial problems experienced by the families in home care. Results showed that families of older male patients with lung cancer felt more overwhelmed and depressed than other families, and families of younger female patients with cervical cancer were more likely to have interpersonal frictions and difficulties in the role shifts mandated by the illness.Keywords
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