How do CRC couples share burden and distress?
In 200 patient–spouse dyads, self-perceived and caregiver burden linked both partners’ anxiety/depression and mediated paths from dyadic coping.
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The impact of self-perceived burden, caregiver burden, and dyadic coping on negative emotions in colorectal cancer patient-spousal caregiver dyads: a dyadic analysis
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How do CRC couples share burden and distress?
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200 colorectal cancer patient–spousal caregiver dyads surveyed.
Methods This study surveyed 200 colorectal cancer patient-spousal caregiver dyads from August 2022 to December 2022.
Survey window?
from August 2022 to December 2022.
What they did
Surveyed 200 colorectal cancer patient–spousal caregiver dyads on self-perceived burden (patients), caregiver burden (spouses), dyadic coping, anxiety, and depression; analyzed with Pearson correlations and actor–partner interdependence mediation models.
What they found
Burdens associated with both partners’ anxiety/depression. Patients’ dyadic coping linked to both burdens; caregivers’ dyadic coping linked mainly to patients’ coping and depression. Self-perceived burden showed actor–partner mediation; caregiver burden showed partner-only mediation between coping and anxiety/depression.
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What it doesn't show
Cross-sectional dyadic data cannot prove causal direction; findings are from one Chinese hospital window and may not generalize to non-spousal caregivers.
Key terms
- Self-perceived burden
- Patient’s sense of being a burden to others.
- Caregiver burden
- Strain reported by the spousal caregiver.
- Dyadic coping
- How partners jointly manage stress as a unit.
- Actor–partner interdependence
- Model estimating own (actor) and partner effects in dyads.
- Mediation
- Indirect path from coping to emotions through burden.
- Colorectal cancer dyad
- Patient plus spousal caregiver analyzed as a paired unit.
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How many dyads?
200 patient–spouse pairs.
What mediated coping → anxiety/depression?
Self-perceived burden (actor–partner) and caregiver burden (partner).
Design window?
August to December 2022.
Practical implication?
Target burdens while supporting healthy dyadic coping.
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