The association between partner support and psychological distress among prostate cancer survivors in a nationwide study

Purpose Up to 38 % of prostate cancer survivors experience significant psychological distress; 6–16 % are diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorders. Support from a relationship partner can ameliorate psychological distress, but many studies treat relationship status as a dichotomous predictor w...

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Published in:Journal of cancer survivorship 2015-09, Vol.9 (3), p.492-499
Main Authors: Kamen, Charles, Mustian, Karen M., Heckler, Charles, Janelsins, Michelle C., Peppone, Luke J., Mohile, Supriya, McMahon, James M., Lord, Raymond, Flynn, Patrick J., Weiss, Matthias, Spiegel, David, Morrow, Gary R.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Health Informatics
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Humans
Male
Marriage
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Oncology
Primary Care Medicine
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Social support
Stress
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Survivor
Survivors - psychology
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Summary:Purpose Up to 38 % of prostate cancer survivors experience significant psychological distress; 6–16 % are diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorders. Support from a relationship partner can ameliorate psychological distress, but many studies treat relationship status as a dichotomous predictor without accounting for level of support provided by the partner. Methods The current study is a secondary analysis of a sample of 292 prostate cancer survivors recruited by nine Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) sites around the USA to a larger randomized controlled trial. Self-reported distress was measured at a baseline visit using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and partner support was measured using the Social Network and Support Assessment (SNSA). Post hoc groups consisting of unmarried survivors, married survivors with low partner support (SNSA scores below the median), and married survivors with high partner support (SNSA scores above the median) were compared on distress using univariate and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) analyses. Results Married prostate cancer survivors with high partner support reported significantly lower levels of psychological distress than the other two groups on the total distress scale (16.20–19.19 points lower, p  
ISSN:1932-2259
1932-2267
DOI:10.1007/s11764-015-0425-3