ArticleBMC palliative care2018
The degree of social difficulties experienced by cancer patients and their spouses.
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- Prevalence of severe malnutrition in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Social decision-making of Japanese male spouses following their wives' breast cancer diagnosis: A quantitative content analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Perceived health related quality of life among cancer patients based on insights from Kamuzu central hospital patients, caregivers and staff.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Experiences and coping strategies of women caring for their husbands with cancer at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a descriptive phenomenological approach.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- A Model of Social Support for a Patient-Informal Caregiver Dyad.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- What Japanese Women with Breast Cancer Decide: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Web-Based Open-Ended Responses.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough recent studies have increasingly reported physical and psychological problems associated with cancer and its treatment, social problems of cancer patients and their families have not been sufficiently elucidated. The present study aimed to identify cancer-associated social problems from the perspectives of both patients and their spouses and to compare and analyze differences in their problems.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional internet-based study. Subjects were 259 patients who developed cancer within the previous five years and 259 patients' spouses; the data were derived from two surveys in 2010 (patients) and 2016 (spouses) whose participants were not part of the same dyad but matched by propensity scores, estimated for age, sex, and the presence or absence of recurrence. We investigated the social difficulties of cancer patients and patients' spouses. Regarding social difficulties experienced by cancer patients and spouses, the 60 patient survey items were categorized into 14 labels by the Jiro Kawakita (KJ) method, which is a qualitative synthesis method developed by Kawakita to classify categorical data.
resultsAlthough patients had higher scores on most subcategories, young spouses aged 39 or younger and female spouses had difficulty scores as high as the corresponding patients on many subcategories.
conclusionHealth care providers should show sufficient concern for both patients and their spouses, particularly young and female spouses.
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