Impact of caregiver burden on caregiver mental health in patients with esophageal cancer: chain mediating effects of benefit finding and rumination, a cross-sectional study

Abstract

The findings of this study imply that benefit finding and rumination are crucial components of the coping strategy used to buffer against negative emotion (such as anxiety and depression). Therefore, the mental health of caregivers should also be noticed, and health care professionals should provide targeted interventions to increase the caregiver's level of benefit finding and promote deliberate ruminative thinking.