Psychometric evaluation of novel measures of partner interfering and supportive behaviors among women with cancer

Follingstad, Diane R.; Coker, Ann L.; Garcia, Lisandra S.; Bush, Heather

doi:10.1002/pon.3990

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“…Our use of the same interview protocol for all participants in both cancer registries and use of outcomes measures with strong psychometric properties limits measurement bias. This new PIB‐C measure had strong internal consistency and good face and construct validity . Confounding bias was unlikely to explain these findings because a wide range of individual and relationship factors were evaluated.…”

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“…Our abbreviated PIB‐C, based on the original 20‐item measure of PIB‐C, was found to have strong internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.936) . Subscales from factor analyses revealed themes consistent with qualitative report from abused women cancer patients : partner focused on self, not patient; partner undermining the seriousness of her cancer, and partner's interference in her cancer care.…”

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“…We have chosen to examine specific interfering or controlling behaviors by a partner which may influence a cancer patient's perceived quality of life or indirectly impact receipt of cancer care. Our new measures of partner interfering behaviors in cancer care coupled with a concurrent measure of partner supportive behaviors (PIB‐C and PSB‐C) were found to have strong psychometric properties . Subscales from factor analysis of the PIB‐C revealed themes consistent with qualitative reports from abused women cancer patients: partner focused on self, not patient; partner undermining the seriousness of her cancer, and partner's interference in her cancer care.…”

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ObjectiveBecause partners are an important and unpaid resource in cancer care, understanding how destructive, controlling or interfering partner behaviors influence women's cancer care may be particularly relevant for health care providers seeking to provide cancer care and enhance recovery. Using a new measure of partner interfering behaviors in cancer care (PIB‐C), we investigated whether women with a recent cancer diagnosis who additionally endorsed any PIB‐C would report (a) more symptoms of depression and stress, and (b) lower Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT‐G) and lower Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Spiritual Well‐being (FACIT‐SP) scale scores indicating poorer quality of life (QOL).MethodsWomen aged 18–79 included in cancer registries as having an incident, primary, biopsy‐confirmed cancer in the past 12 months were eligible for this study. Consenting women completed a phone interview 9–12 months following cancer diagnosis between 2009 and 2015. Interviews provided data to measure outcomes (perceived stress and depressive symptoms, FACIT‐SP and FACT‐G scores), partner supportive and interfering behaviors, and other potentially confounding factors.ResultsOf the 2376 women in a relationship at cancer diagnosis, 14.7% endorsed one or more of 14 PIB‐C items. Women endorsing any PIB‐C item reported more symptoms of depression and stress and lower FACT‐G and FACIT‐SP scores than partnered women reporting no PIB‐C even when controlling for partner supportive behaviors and lifetime intimate partner violence. Increasing PIB‐C scores were also correlated, in a dose–response pattern, with these same outcomes.ConclusionsPartner interfering behaviors during cancer care impact patients' QOL across multiple domains. © 2016 The Authors. Psycho‐Oncology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.