Post-traumatic stress symptoms in long-term disease-free cancer survivors and their family caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The experience of cancer is highly stressful and potentially traumatic. We assessed the presence of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) in long-term cancer survivors and their caregivers, while examining the association between PTSS and clinical, demographic and psychological variables in the long term.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study 212 survivor-family caregiver dyads completed measures of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) (Impact of Event Scale), depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale). Coping strategies, fatigue, cognitive decline, stressful life events and psychopathological history were also assessed among survivors. Data were analyzed using mixed models, accounting both for individual and dyadic effects.

Results

Cancer

SUBMITTER: De Padova S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209622 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature