Male Partners of Cancer Patients with Underage Children - Psychological Distress in Comparison to the General Population and the Diseased Partner
Male Partners of Cancer Patients with Underage Children - Psychological Distress in Comparison to the General Population and the Diseased Partner
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DOI：
10.1055/s-0032-1301899
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Ernst, Jochen
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作者：
Goetze, Heide;Weissflog, Gregor;Ernst, Jochen
使用医院焦虑和抑郁量表(HADS)对有未成年子女的男性的心理痛苦进行了调查，这些男性的女性伴侣患有癌症。样本(N=141)与患有癌症的伴侣和普通人群中的一组男性(N=154)进行了比较。癌症患者的男性伴侣心理上表现出强烈的苦恼。大约一半的伴侣在焦虑方面表现出更高的分数，三分之一的伴侣有高度的抑郁。这对夫妇之间有很高的相关性。癌症患者的男性伴侣明显比普通人群中有未成年子女的对照组男性更痛苦。评估癌症患者伴侣的心理社会支持需求并为可能的心理社会治疗提供适当的选择是非常重要的。
The psychological distress of men with underage children, whose female partners have cancer, was examined using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The sample (N=141) was compared with the partners who have cancer and a comparison group of men from the general population (N=154). The male partners of cancer patients were psychological strongly distressed. About half of the partners showed increased scores in anxiety and one third of the partners had a high level of depression. There was a high correlation within the couple. The male partners of cancer patients were significantly more distressed than the comparison group of men with underage children from the general population. It is very important to assess psychosocial support needs of partners of cancer patients and to provide adequate options of possible psychosocial treatment.