Emotion
How do CRC couples share burden and distress?
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In 200 patient–spouse dyads, self-perceived and caregiver burden linked both partners’ anxiety/depression and mediated paths from dyadic coping.
Key findings
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.
Methodology
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.
Limitations
Cross-sectional dyadic data cannot prove causal direction; findings are from one Chinese hospital window and may not generalize to non-spousal caregivers.
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