Darlene W. Mood

TL;DR: Meta‐analysis indicated that although these interventions had small to medium effects, they significantly reduced caregiver burden, improved caregivers' ability to cope, increased their self‐efficacy, and improved aspects of their quality of life.

TL;DR: Gender differences were found, with women reporting more distress, more role problems, and less marital satisfaction, regardless of whether they were patient or spouse.

TL;DR: Women with recurrent breast cancer are in need of programs to assist them with the severe effects of the disease on their quality of life, and programs need to include family members to help counteract the negative effects ofThe recurrent disease onTheir mental health, and to enable them to continue as effective caregivers.

TL;DR: Patients with advanced breast cancer and their family caregivers, who participated in a family based intervention, report better quality of life and other psychosocial outcomes than dyads who received standard care alone.

TL;DR: Whether a family‐based intervention could improve appraisal variables, coping resources, coping strategies, self‐efficacy, communication, symptom distress, and quality of life in men with prostate cancer and their spouses is determined.