Given C W, Stommel M, Given B, Osuch J, Kurtz M E, Kurtz J C
Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1317.
Health Psychol. 1993 Jul;12(4):277-85. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.12.4.277.
In this article the paths among cancer patients' physical and mental health and the reactions and mental health of their family caregivers were examined. Data for these analyses came from a cross-sectional sample of cancer patients who were recruited through ambulatory outpatient chemotherapy units, and their family caregivers. Patients' depression was explained largely by their symptomatology and, to a lesser extent, by loss of mobility. Patients' physical limitations impacted caregivers' daily schedules but not their physical health. Patients' levels of depression were related to those of their caregivers. However, caregivers' optimism proved to be a significant predictor of their mental health and reactions to caregiving.
在本文中，研究了癌症患者身心健康之间的路径以及他们的家庭照顾者的反应和心理健康。这些分析的数据来自通过门诊化疗单位招募的癌症患者及其家庭照顾者的横断面样本。患者的抑郁很大程度上由其症状解释，在较小程度上由行动能力丧失解释。患者的身体限制影响了照顾者的日常安排，但未影响其身体健康。患者的抑郁水平与照顾者的抑郁水平相关。然而，照顾者的乐观情绪被证明是其心理健康和对照顾反应的重要预测因素。
