ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2023
Living With an Advanced Cancer While Parenting Minor Children: A Needs Assessment Study.
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- Supporting patients with advanced cancer and their spouses in parenting minor children: results of a randomized controlled trial.The oncologist · 2025Trial
- Supportive Care for Dual Caregivers who Care for Their Partner With Cancer and Their Young Children.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Trial
- Parenting concerns among Japanese parents with cancer raising minor children: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional web-based survey of online patient support network members.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of parenting-related distress in mothers with gynecological cancer: a descriptive phenomenological study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Categorical characteristics of parenting concerns and their influencing factors in young and middle-aged breast cancer patients: a latent profile analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Holding it together: a longitudinal study of psychological distress and associated factors in mothers with cancer.BMC psychology · 2026Observational
- Affect-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy for mothers diagnosed with cancer - A feasibility study.Internet interventions · 2026Article
- The motherhood role expectations for young female patients with breast cancer: a qualitative study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Assessing the Unmet Social Needs and Financial Hardship of Cancer Caregivers: A Scoping Review.Current oncology reports · 2025Article
- Navigating parenthood and a partner's terminal cancer: subgroup analysis of the course of psychological distress within a comprehensive support program for families with parental cancer (Family-SCOUT).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- The current state and future direction of childcare for cancer patients: a narrative review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Review
- Parenting Concerns, Psychological Distress, and Relationship Adjustment Among Patients With Cancer and Their Partners: A Longitudinal Study.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Young Spouses' Experiences of Having a Partner With Heart Disease and Adolescents Living at Home.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence-based interventions addressing the needs of couples co-parenting young children while facing an advanced cancer diagnosis are lacking. Thus, this study seeks to identify parenting-related intervention needs and delivery preferences of advanced cancer patients and their spouses/co-parents.
methodsTwenty-one couples completed quantitative measures of cancer-related parenting concerns, relationship and family functioning, and service needs along with individual semi-structured interviews.
resultsPatients (mean age=44 years, 48% female, 91% White) and spouses (mean age=45 years, 52% female, 91% White) reported family distress (62% of couples) and marital distress (29% of couples). Parenting concerns were generally high with patients revealing concerns particularly regarding the practical impact of the cancer on the child(ren). Spouses rated concerns about the co-parent significantly higher (P<.001) than patients. Parenting concerns were inversely associated with relationship (P<.001 for patients; P=.03 for spouses) and family functioning (P<.001 for patients). Themes identified through qualitative interviews include needs related to maintenance of family routines and traditions, childcare, transportation, meals, home maintenance, and finances. Couples who endorsed marital distress also indicated a need for conflict resolution skills. All patients and 89% of spouses would like to receive parenting-related education/services; up to 50% of couples preferred targeted, self-led readings without therapist support; and up to 50% desired counseling sessions indicating a preference towards dyadic and video conferenced intervention delivery.
conclusionsThe delivery of optimal supportive care involves a family-focused perspective such as screening for parenting status and referrals to social work services to address the need of tangible resources and manage parenting-related distress.
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