Effects of physical and mental health on relationship satisfaction: a dyadic, longitudinal examination of couples facing prostate cancer

Ross, Kaile M.; Ranby, Krista W.; Wooldridge, Jennalee S.; Robertson, Cary N.; Lipkus, Isaac M.

doi:10.1002/pon.3931

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“…This result is consistent with the literature ( Ross et al, 2016 ). Previous research has identified that marital status and relationship satisfaction are both protective factors of mortality and poor quality of life, including certain aspects of mental health among PCa survivors ( Bill-Axelson et al, 2013 ; Christie & Sharpley, 2014 ; Donovan et al, 2016 ; Eton & Lepore, 2002 ; Isbarn et al, 2010 ; Milonas et al, 2017 ; Occhipinto et al, 2019 ; Ross et al, 2016 ). To our knowledge, although important, there are no previous studies that have controlled for the presence or absence of current prescribed medication for anxiety, depression, or both, in studies examining mental health outcomes in this population.…”

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Current Mental Distress Among Men With a History of Radical Prostatectomy and Related Adverse Correlates

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Recent reviews and observational studies have reported that patients with prostate cancer (PCa) are at increased risk of mental health issues, which in turn negatively affects oncological outcomes. Here, we examine possible explanatory variables of mental distress in a population-based cohort of men who have undergone radical prostatectomy (RP). Data were derived from a Maritimes-Canada online survey assessing patient-reported quality of life outcomes between 2017 and 2019 administered to 136 men (47–88 years old, currently in a relationship) who have undergone RP for their PCa diagnosis. The primary outcome was a validated assessment of mental distress, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Urinary function was assessed using the International Prostate Symptom Score, and relationship satisfaction was assessed using the Dyadic Assessment Scale. A multivariate logistic regression assessed the contribution of urinary function, relationship satisfaction, age, multimorbidity, additional treatments, medication for depression and/or anxiety, and survivorship time. A total of 16.2% men in this sample screened positive for mental distress. The severity of urinary problems was positively associated with increased mental distress ( OR = 4.79, 95% CI [1.04, 22.03]), while increased age ( OR = 0.87, 95% CI [0.78, 0.97]), relationship satisfaction ( OR = 0.14, 95% CI [0.3, .077]), and current medication for anxiety, depression, or both ( OR = 0.09, 95% CI [0.02, 0.62]) were protective factors. Survivorship time, the presence of additional comorbidities, or PCa treatments were not identified to be statistically significant contributions to the fitted model. Here, we report that RP survivors are prone to presenting with increased mental distress long after treatment. Screening for mental distress during RP survivorship is recommended.

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Current Mental Distress Among Men With a History of Radical Prostatectomy and Related Adverse Correlates

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“…However, couples potentially share not only PTG but also distress . In other words, while cancer survivors and their spouses could offer each other social support and emotional stability, they could also share negative outcomes, such as depression and anxiety . Therefore, research examining dyadic PTG that considers mutual dynamism and interdependence is required, but there is currently a lack of research concerning the corresponding topic.…”

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Posttraumatic growth in breast cancer survivors and their husbands based on the actor‐partner interdependence model

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Posttraumatic growth in breast cancer survivors was influenced by not only relationship quality and spouses' self- esteem but also subjective distress; therefore, solidarity between breast cancer survivors and their spouses was important and should be maintained to provide healthy relationship support and enhance posttraumatic growth. Further, health care providers should include spouses in health-related education and involve them in interventions and family support programs for couples.

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“…Previous research has suggested that greater depressive symptoms predict lower marital satisfaction for both dyad members (Ross et al, 2016;Walker et al, 2013). Therefore, we included patients' and spouses' reports of depressive symptomatology as a covariate.…”

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“…This method provides a way for researchers to analyze dyadic data that are expected to be interdependent in nature by simultaneously estimating associations between one member's independent and dependent variable as well as the associations between one member's independent variable and the other dyad member's dependent variable. This modeling technique is especially useful for the current analyses as prior research has consistently shown a high correlation between partners' reports of marital satisfaction (Druley, Stephens, Martire, Ennis, & Wojno, ; Ross, Ranby, Wooldridge, Robertson, & Lipkus, ; Walker, Isherwood, Burton, Kitwe‐Magambo, & Luszcz, ).…”

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Spousal understanding and marital satisfaction in pain patients and their spouses

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Martire

Zhaoyang

2019

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The current study tested the hypotheses that knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients and spouses who report more spousal understanding of patient's pain would report greater marital satisfaction. A total of 124 couples completed interviews at three time points across 18 months. Results from dyadic analyses showed that patients who felt more understood by their spouse report, and have spouses who report, higher marital satisfaction concurrently. In addition, patients who felt more understood by their spouse reported higher marital satisfaction over time. Spouses' reports of understanding also had a significant influence on the patients' and their own marital satisfaction concurrently. Results highlight the importance of spouses understanding knee OA patients' pain for both dyad members' marital satisfaction.

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Effects of physical and mental health on relationship satisfaction: a dyadic, longitudinal examination of couples facing prostate cancer

Abstract: The effects of patient and spouse mental and physical health quality of life on their own as well as their partner's relationship satisfaction differed across time which will inform psychosocial interventions for couples with prostate cancer. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cited by 26 publications

References 33 publications

Current Mental Distress Among Men With a History of Radical Prostatectomy and Related Adverse Correlates

Current Mental Distress Among Men With a History of Radical Prostatectomy and Related Adverse Correlates

Posttraumatic growth in breast cancer survivors and their husbands based on the actor‐partner interdependence model

Spousal understanding and marital satisfaction in pain patients and their spouses

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