The Effects of Stress and Stress Coping on Life Quality in Cancer Patients and Caregivers: A Dyadic Analysis Using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
Asian Oncology Nursing
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: 135-142, 2018.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study is to determine actor and partner effects of stress coping on quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients and their primary caregivers using an actor-partner independence model (APIM).METHODS:
The subjects of this study were adults aged 19 years and over who visited a hospital. They were diagnosed with cancer and were treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 137 patients with cancer and 137 caregivers were included in the study.RESULTS:
Cancer patient stress had a direct effect on their stress coping (β=.42, p=.004). Primary caregiver stress also had a direct effect on their stress coping (β=.41, p < .001). Factors significantly affecting cancer patients' QoL were patient stress (β=−.14, p=.002), stress coping (β=.24, p < .001), and primary caregiver stress coping (β=.11, p=.021). Factors significantly affecting primary caregiver QoL were primary caregiver stress (β=−.22, p < .001) and their stress coping (β=.14, p=.009).CONCLUSION:
In order to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and caregivers, it is necessary to consider cancer patients and caregivers as a unit when constructing intervention programs for stress management.
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Radiotherapy
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Caregivers
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Drug Therapy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Asian Oncology Nursing
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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