"The Day He Fell Ill, We Turned on a Switch…Now, Everything Is My Responsibility": Scoping Review of Qualitative Studies Among Partners of Patients with Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Our objective was to conduct a scoping review and narrative synthesis of qualitative studies that examined experiences of partners of cancer patients. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus for qualitative studies involving adult (≥18 years) partners (e.g., in a romantic relationship) of patients diagnosed with cancer and published in English. We extracted findings from included studies, along with key study and participant characteristics, and applied a narrative summary approach, a process that allowed us to identify synthesized themes across studies. Our search identified 15,729 records, of which 159 met the inclusion criteria. Included studies primarily collected data through interviews, with participants being predominantly female and middle-aged (55.2 ± 8.3 years).

SUBMITTER: Kang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12939333 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature