Cancer caregiving predicts physical impairments: Roles of earlier caregiving stress and being a spousal caregiver

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate associations between earlier caregiving experience and the development of physical impairments over the subsequent 6 years among family caregivers of patients with cancer. METHODS Family caregivers of cancer survivors participated in a nationwide survey 2 years after their relative's cancer diagnosis (T1) (N=1517) with follow‐up at 5 years (T2) and 8 years (T3) postdiagnosis. Caregivers...