Dyadic associations between perceived social support and cancer patient and caregiver health: An actor-partner interdependence modeling approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social support may have a positive impact on health outcomes for patients and caregivers, but the extent to which social support and health outcomes are interrelated for both is unknown. We examine the dyadic interrelationships between social support and health among cancer patients and their caregivers.

Methods

Lung and colorectal cancer (CRC) patient and caregiver dyadic data were obtained from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium. Patients and caregivers self-reported sociodemographic, social support, and caregiving characteristics at 5 (n = 218 lung; n = 222 CRC) or 12 months post-diagnosis (n = 198 lung; n = 290 CRC). Structural equation modeling was used to examine actor-partner interdependence models (APIM) of lung and CRC dyads at 5

SUBMITTER: Kelley DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6749989 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature