Psychosocial issues and quality of life of parenting partners of young women with breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Data are lacking about the association between quality of life (QOL) and psychosocial issues of partners of young women with breast cancer who co-parent dependent children.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of partners of women with breast cancer diagnosed at age ≤ 40. Among those partners reporting at least one dependent child under 18 years old at the time of diagnosis, we used multiple linear regression to examine associations between partner QOL and sociodemographic and psychosocial factors, and the patient's cancer stage and time since diagnosis.

Results

Of the 219 parenting partners, all identified as male with a median age of 44 years; 96% (204/213) reported working full-time at the time of the survey. Fifty-four percent endorsed behaviors

SUBMITTER: Borstelmann NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9701537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature