Case Western Reserve University.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2021 Jan 4;48(1):11-29. doi: 10.1188/21.ONF.11-29.
Informal caregivers for patients with head and neck cancer perform complex caregiving tasks on a daily basis, but caregivers' needs are rarely acknowledged or addressed in current healthcare practice.
A thorough review of CINAHL®, MEDLINE®/PubMed®, and PsycINFO® was conducted by the authors.
266 manuscripts were identified, with no time limit. The search was conducted in November 2019. In total, 19 articles were included in the review.
Throughout the disease trajectory, caregivers' psychological and emotional support needs are consistently high, whereas information needs diminish over time.
Informal caregivers are imperative in supplementing the continuing care demands of people living with head and neck cancer; however, they are at risk for experiencing caregiving burden. Skill training and psychological support interventions are needed for educating and supporting caregivers.
头颈部癌症患者的非专业照护者每天都要执行复杂的照护任务，但在当前的医疗保健实践中，很少有人承认或满足照护者的需求。
作者对 CINAHL®、MEDLINE®/PubMed® 和 PsycINFO®进行了全面的检索。
共确定了 266 篇文献，无时间限制。搜索于 2019 年 11 月进行。共有 19 篇文章被纳入综述。
在疾病发展过程中，照护者的心理和情感支持需求一直很高，而信息需求则随时间逐渐减少。
非专业照护者对于补充头颈部癌症患者的持续护理需求至关重要；然而，他们有照护负担过重的风险。需要进行技能培训和心理支持干预，以教育和支持照护者。
