TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Outcomes for Caregivers of Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients
AU - Bangerter, Lauren R.
AU - Griffin, Joan M.
AU - Langer, Shelby
AU - Hasan, Bashar
AU - Kim, Wonsun
AU - Murad, M. Hassan
AU - Khera, Nandita
N1 - Funding Information:
caregiving interventions; some factors that contribute to a risk of bias (e.g., blinding of participants, blinding of outcomes) are unethical and impractical within these interventions. Studies were funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, and the National Palliative Care Research Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients are required to have a caregiver present for up to 100 days post-transplant. Caregivers provide essential support during HCT but experience immense stress and burden. Increasing research has developed interventions for HCT caregivers. This review systematically evaluates psychosocial interventions for caregivers of HCT patients. Recent Findings: The search yielded 12 studies (7 efficacy and 5 feasibility studies) enrolling 931 caregivers. Interventions were feasible and acceptable as evidenced by high rates of completion (70–100%) with attrition due to patient morbidity or mortality. Feasibility was augmented by flexible delivery (in-person, teleconference, smartphones, or Web-based platforms). Acceptability was demonstrated by objective measures of satisfaction. Effectiveness was found for fatigue and mental health service use, but not for burden, sleep-quality, and inconsistently for caregiver depression, anxiety, coping, and quality of life. Summary: Psychosocial interventions are feasible, acceptable, and show mixed effects on HCT caregiver outcomes.
AB - Purpose of Review: Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients are required to have a caregiver present for up to 100 days post-transplant. Caregivers provide essential support during HCT but experience immense stress and burden. Increasing research has developed interventions for HCT caregivers. This review systematically evaluates psychosocial interventions for caregivers of HCT patients. Recent Findings: The search yielded 12 studies (7 efficacy and 5 feasibility studies) enrolling 931 caregivers. Interventions were feasible and acceptable as evidenced by high rates of completion (70–100%) with attrition due to patient morbidity or mortality. Feasibility was augmented by flexible delivery (in-person, teleconference, smartphones, or Web-based platforms). Acceptability was demonstrated by objective measures of satisfaction. Effectiveness was found for fatigue and mental health service use, but not for burden, sleep-quality, and inconsistently for caregiver depression, anxiety, coping, and quality of life. Summary: Psychosocial interventions are feasible, acceptable, and show mixed effects on HCT caregiver outcomes.
KW - Family caregivers
KW - Hematopoietic stem cell transplant
KW - Psychosocial intervention
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U2 - 10.1007/s11899-018-0445-y
DO - 10.1007/s11899-018-0445-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29705880
AN - SCOPUS:85046009907
SN - 1558-8211
VL - 13
SP - 155
EP - 163
JO - Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports
JF - Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports
IS - 3
ER -