@article{ref1,
title="A burden to others: a common source of distress for the terminally ill",
journal="Cognitive behaviour therapy",
year="2005",
author="Wilson, Keith G. and Curran, Dorothyann and McPherson, Christine J.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="115-123",
abstract="Recent research into the desire for death among people with terminal illness has begun to recognize the importance of &quot;feeling oneself a burden to others&quot; as a factor in suicidal behaviour. In this study, 69 patients with advanced cancer underwent semi-structured interviews. The sense of self-perceived burden was found to be a common experience, reported by 39.1% of participants as a minimal or mild concern and by 38% as a moderate to extreme concern. The sense of burden showed a low correlation with physical symptoms (r = 0.02-0.24) and higher correlations with psychological problems (r = 0.35-0.39) and existential issues (r = 0.45-0.49). Comparisons of participants with high or low levels of self-perceived burden showed the importance of this factor for overall quality of life. In summary, self-perceived burden is an important but underestimated dimension of social cognition in the medically ill.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-6073",
doi="10.1080/16506070510008461",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16506070510008461"
}