Abstract
Elderly patients with advanced cancer often experience various symptoms and need a great amount of care. However, their spousal caregivers are prone to negative emotions because of old age, poor health and the heavy burden of care. To examine the effect of a reminiscence therapy (RT) intervention on the spousal caregivers of elderly patients with advanced cancer. This study was a randomised controlled trial. Fifty-six spousal caregivers were randomly assigned to the control group (N=29) receiving usual care and the experimental group (N=27) receiving the RT intervention. The caregivers' caregiving burden, positive feelings towards caregiving and hope were measured before and immediately after the intervention. The experimental group showed a significant reduction in the burden of spousal care compared to the control group (p<.01). The experimental group also had higher levels of positive feelings and hope than did the control group (p<.01). RT is an effective approach to reducing the care burden of spouses of elderly patients with advanced cancer and enhancing the spouses' positive feelings and hope.
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