Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study based on the Systemic Transactional Model was to examine the relationship between dyadic coping and (1) disease perception and (2) quality of life of a sample of cancer patients and their life partners. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 138 oncological dyad...

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Autores principales: Ştefănuţ, Adelina Mihaela, Vintilă, Mona, Bădău, Larisa Maria, Grujic, Daciana, Oprean, Cristina Marinela, Goian, Cosmin, Sârbescu, Paul
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37179865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1069767
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author Ştefănuţ, Adelina Mihaela
Vintilă, Mona
Bădău, Larisa Maria
Grujic, Daciana
Oprean, Cristina Marinela
Goian, Cosmin
Sârbescu, Paul
author_facet Ştefănuţ, Adelina Mihaela
Vintilă, Mona
Bădău, Larisa Maria
Grujic, Daciana
Oprean, Cristina Marinela
Goian, Cosmin
Sârbescu, Paul
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description OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study based on the Systemic Transactional Model was to examine the relationship between dyadic coping and (1) disease perception and (2) quality of life of a sample of cancer patients and their life partners. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 138 oncological dyads. The following questionnaires were used: Stress Appraisal Measure, Dyadic Coping Inventory, and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30. Data collected was analysed by applying the actor-partner interdependence model. RESULTS: The perception of the disease as a threat as well as its centrality significantly negatively influences the positive forms of dyadic coping whilst the perception of the disease as a challenge has a significant positive influence on them. Dyadic coping does not influence symptoms but has significant influences on global health/quality of life. CONCLUSION: This study has highlighted new information regarding how couples cope with cancer. The results encourage the inclusion of the perception of the disease and dyadic coping in interventions that aim to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their life partners.
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spelling pubmed-101726432023-05-12 Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model Ştefănuţ, Adelina Mihaela Vintilă, Mona Bădău, Larisa Maria Grujic, Daciana Oprean, Cristina Marinela Goian, Cosmin Sârbescu, Paul Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study based on the Systemic Transactional Model was to examine the relationship between dyadic coping and (1) disease perception and (2) quality of life of a sample of cancer patients and their life partners. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 138 oncological dyads. The following questionnaires were used: Stress Appraisal Measure, Dyadic Coping Inventory, and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30. Data collected was analysed by applying the actor-partner interdependence model. RESULTS: The perception of the disease as a threat as well as its centrality significantly negatively influences the positive forms of dyadic coping whilst the perception of the disease as a challenge has a significant positive influence on them. Dyadic coping does not influence symptoms but has significant influences on global health/quality of life. CONCLUSION: This study has highlighted new information regarding how couples cope with cancer. The results encourage the inclusion of the perception of the disease and dyadic coping in interventions that aim to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their life partners. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10172643/ /pubmed/37179865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1069767 Text en Copyright © 2023 Ştefănuţ, Vintilă, Bădău, Grujic, Oprean, Goian and Sârbescu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ştefănuţ, Adelina Mihaela
Vintilă, Mona
Bădău, Larisa Maria
Grujic, Daciana
Oprean, Cristina Marinela
Goian, Cosmin
Sârbescu, Paul
Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title_full Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title_fullStr Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title_full_unstemmed Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title_short Perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
title_sort perception of disease, dyadic coping, and the quality of life of oncology patients in the active treatment phase and their life partners: an approach based on the actor-partner interdependence model
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37179865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1069767
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