Department of Psychology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
IMIBIC Health Research Institute/Reina Sofía University Hospital of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Nurs Open. 2021 Nov;8(6):3411-3419. doi: 10.1002/nop2.887. Epub 2021 May 5.
Caregivers of cancer patients are at high risk of experiencing impairments in terms of anxiety, depression and quality of life. This study examines the mediation capacity that perceived emotional support can have after diagnosis and six months later between depression and anxiety after diagnosis and quality of life in informal caregivers of cancer patients.
A sample of 67 informal caregivers of cancer patients was used. This study is longitudinal, ex post facto prospective, with convenience sampling.
Participants completed the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Berlin Social Support Scale (BSSS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Data were collected between March 2017 and November 2018.
Spearman's correlation analysis showed that anxiety, depression and perceived emotional support were related to quality of life. The mediation analysis showed that the relationship between depression after diagnosis and quality of life six months later was mediated by perceived emotional support.
癌症患者的照顾者有较高的焦虑、抑郁和生活质量受损风险。本研究探讨了在诊断后和 6 个月后,感知情绪支持在诊断后抑郁和焦虑与癌症患者非正式照顾者的生活质量之间的中介作用。
使用了 67 名癌症患者的非正式照顾者样本。这是一项纵向、事后前瞻性、便利抽样的研究。
参与者完成了医疗结局研究 36 项简短量表(SF-36)、医院焦虑和抑郁量表(HADS)和柏林社会支持量表(BSSS)以及一份社会人口学问卷。数据收集于 2017 年 3 月至 2018 年 11 月之间。
Spearman 相关分析表明,焦虑、抑郁和感知情绪支持与生活质量有关。中介分析表明,诊断后抑郁与 6 个月后生活质量之间的关系受感知情绪支持的中介作用。