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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1403919

Correlation between benefit finding and caregiving abilities among family caregivers of patients with lung cancer: A network analysis

Provisionally accepted
Xiaoyuan Lin Xiaoyuan Lin 1,2Haidan Xie Haidan Xie 2Ziqing Chen Ziqing Chen 2Qi Zhao Qi Zhao 2Xiaozhou ZHOU Xiaozhou ZHOU 1*
  • 1 Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, China
  • 2 School of Nursing, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, China

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    Objective: This study aimed to construct a network analysis model for benefit finding (BF) and caregiving abilities to clarify the interrelationships and mutual influences among different dimensions and propose nursing strategies.Methods: Convenience sampling was used to select 272 family caregivers of patients with lung cancer admitted to a tertiary hospital in Guangzhou City, China, from April 2023 to November 2023. Socio-demographic and disease characteristics questionnaire, the revised BF Scale, and the Family Caregiver Task Inventory (FCTI) were used for data collection. The R software was used to construct networks for BF and caregiving abilities, and network analysis methods were employed to identify network characteristics, core nodes, and bridge nodes.Results: In the overall network, the social relationship dimension (rs=3.04) exhibited the highest strength centrality index, followed by the family relationship dimension (rs=2.94). In addition, the social relationship dimension (rbs=0.30) had the highest bridge strength centrality index, followed by the dimension of addressing personal emotional needs (rbs=0.26).This study provides a new perspective on exploring the underlying mechanisms of interaction among different dimensions of BF and caregiving abilities in family caregivers of patients with lung cancer using network analysis. The findings suggest that healthcare professionals can improve family caregivers' social relationships, family relationships and address emotion regulation to enhance BF and caregiving abilities. Specific nursing strategies are proposed, offering new intervention targets for enhancing BF and caregiving abilities among family caregivers of patients with lung cancer.

    Keywords: Lung cancer care quality, Family caregiver, Benefit finding, Caregiving abilities, Network analysis

    Received: 26 Mar 2024; Accepted: 06 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lin, Xie, Chen, Zhao and ZHOU. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xiaozhou ZHOU, Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangdong Province, China

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