Psychological recovery and well-being of spouses of patients with prostate cancer 5 years after primary treatment in Finland: a follow-up survey
Autor: | Arpo Aromaa, Teuvo Tammela, Ulla-Sisko Lehto |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Zdroj: | BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2022-0634 2044-6055 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063435 |
Popis: | Objective and setting To study longitudinally cancer-related experiences of spouses of patients with prostate cancer and the predictors of their psychological recovery and quality of life (QOL) by following the participants of our previous survey at primary cancer treatment in a university hospital.Design A 5-year longitudinal cohort design.Participants and procedure A follow-up questionnaire was mailed to the female spouses/partners who participated in our previous survey (n=104). We quantitatively explored the spouses’ prostate cancer-related experiences since the previous survey and measured their current psychological symptom distress and well-being/QOL. Seventy-seven (74%) of the initial participants responded.Outcomes The main outcome measures were the spouses’ psychological recovery (psychological symptoms at the initial survey vs currently) and well-being/QOL (depressive symptoms, domains of QOL) at 5 years. We analysed their predictors with regression analyses.Results The treatment had been prostatectomy in 70% of the patients. Psychological distress had alleviated in 76% of spouses (p |
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