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Caregiving Self-Efficacy of the Caregivers of Family Members with Oral Cancer—A Descriptive Study
- Source :
- Healthcare, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 762 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2023.
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Abstract
- In Taiwan, oral cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in men. The complications and side effects of oral cancer treatment pose a considerable challenge to family caregivers. The purpose of this study was to analyze the self-efficacy of the primary family caregivers of patients with oral cancer at home. A cross-sectional descriptive research design and convenience recruiting were adopted to facilitate sampling, and 107 patients with oral cancer and their primary family caregivers were recruited. The Caregiver Caregiving Self-Efficacy Scale-Oral Cancer was selected as the main instrument to be used. The primary family caregivers’ mean overall self-efficacy score was 6.87 (SD = 1.65). Among all the dimensions, managing patient-related nutritional issues demonstrated the highest mean score (mean = 7.56, SD = 1.83), followed by exploring and making decisions about patient care (mean = 7.05, SD = 1.92), acquiring resources (mean = 6.89, SD = 1.80), and managing sudden and uncertain patient conditions (mean = 6.17, SD = 2.09). Our results may assist professional medical personnel to focus their educational strategies and caregiver self-efficacy enhancement strategies on the dimensions that scored relatively low.
- Subjects :
- caregiving self-efficacy
family caregiver
oral cancer
Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Healthcare
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f08424c1dd86408bae25af0866f25287
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050762