Predictors of cancer caregiver depression symptomatology

........ ................................................................................................................ vi Chapter One Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 Problem Statement ............................................................................................... 2 Definition of Concepts ......................................................................................... 3 Caregiver .................................................................................................. 3 Depression Symptomatology .................................................................... 3 Significance of the Study ..................................................................................... 4 Chapter Two Review of the Literature ............................................................................. 8 Depression Symptoms in Caregivers of Dementia Patients ................................... 8 Patient Behavioral Problems and Depression Symptoms ........................... 9 Patient Functional Status ........................................................................ 10 Caregiver Health Status, Gender and Relationship to Patient .................. 10 Caregiver History of Depression ............................................................. 11 Caregiver Attitude, Health, Sense of Coherence, Coping, and Neuroticism ............................................................................................ 12 Caregiver Mastery and Burden ............................................................... 13 Caregiver Social Support ........................................................................ 13 Caregiver Ethnicity ................................................................................. 14 Caregiver Age ........................................................................................ 14 Depression Symptoms in Caregivers of Cancer Patients ..................................... 15 Patient Functional Status ........................................................................ 16 Patient Symptom Distress and Cancer Diagnosis .................................... 16 Patient Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms .................................. 17 Caregiver Social Support ........................................................................ 17 Caregiver Relationship to Patient, Sense of Coherence, and Burden ....... 18 Caregiver Health Status, Sleep Disturbance, and Gender ........................ 18 Caregiver Mastery and Neuroticism ........................................................ 19 Theoretical Framework ...................................................................................... 19 Model ............................................................................................................... 19 Research Question and Hypotheses .................................................................... 23 Question ........ ........................................................................................ 23 Hypothesis 1 ........................................................................................ 23