Department of Communication, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Health Psychol. 2012 Jan;31(1):70-9. doi: 10.1037/a0025394. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
Prostate cancer negatively influences quality of life (QOL) in survivors and the people with whom they are close. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the degree of dyadic interdependence in psychological QOL in dyads adjusting to prostate cancer and its treatment.
Participants were 70 prostate cancer survivors and their partners, most of whom were spouses. Assessments of psychological QOL (i.e., depression, anxiety, fatigue, and positive affect) were made at three points in time, each separated by 8 weeks.
Survivors' prostate specific function was associated with both their own and their partners' psychological QOL. There was evidence of longitudinal dyadic interdependence for psychological QOL, particularly from partners to survivors between the T2 and T3 assessments.
Prostate cancer survivors' psychological QOL is affected substantially by their partners' psychological QOL, consistent with theories of emotional contagion.
前列腺癌会对患者及其亲近的人的生活质量(QOL)产生负面影响。本研究旨在评估适应前列腺癌及其治疗的伴侣对心理 QOL 的双重相互依存程度。
参与者为 70 名前列腺癌幸存者及其伴侣,其中大多数为配偶。在三个时间点评估了心理 QOL(即抑郁、焦虑、疲劳和积极情绪),每个时间点之间相隔 8 周。
幸存者的前列腺特定功能与他们自己和伴侣的心理 QOL 都有关。有证据表明心理 QOL 存在纵向双重相互依存关系,特别是在 T2 和 T3 评估之间,伴侣对幸存者的影响。
前列腺癌幸存者的心理 QOL 受到伴侣心理 QOL 的显著影响,这与情绪传染理论一致。