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dc.contributor.authorGreen, HJ
dc.contributor.authorWells, DJN
dc.contributor.authorLaakso, L
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:08:07Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-05-01T22:38:05Z
dc.identifier.issn0961-5423
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2354.2010.01225.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41122
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated coping and quality of life in men with prostate cancer (n= 105, 48-86 years of age) and their partners (n= 85, 48-84 years). Participants completed the Abbreviated Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Brief COPE, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) and open-ended questions on appraisal and coping. Multivariate analyses showed that better quality of life was associated with higher education levels (role functioning and fatigue), lower avoidant coping (emotional, social, and physical functioning and fatigue), and higher relationship satisfaction (emotional functioning). Use of medication or combined treatments was associated with worse physical and role functioning. Partners reported similar quality of life for patients as the patient ratings, except that partners reported patients' emotional functioning as significantly worse and social functioning as significantly better than the patients' own ratings. Patients and partners reported both positive and negative aspects to prostate cancer, and mentioned a range of coping strategies. Similarities between patients and partners in their responses to prostate cancer were identified using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Some differences within dyads were also noted and previous suggestions to incorporate partners and significant others in education and treatment were supported.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom237
dc.relation.ispartofpageto247
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Journal of Cancer Care
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.titleCoping in men with prostate cancer and their partners: a quantitative and qualitative study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorGreen, Heather J.


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