Development in quality of relationship between the significant other and the lung cancer patient as perceived by the significant other

Funding Agencies:Vardal Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy ResearchKarolinska Institutet
Aim: To prospectively explore the quality of the relationship between significant others and patients during lung cancer. based on the perceptions of the significant others.Method: In a sample of 91 significant others, longitudinal data were collected during the first year after diagnosis, and explored on group level and as individual patterns over time.Results: Relational quality was skewed towards high quality, although 30% of the significant others reported low levels close to diagnosis. Forty-eight percent reported stability in the quality of their relationship during the disease trajectory. Within this group, 36% reported low levels of relational quality. Fifty-two percent reported change in quality of relationship and four typical patterns of change were identified. Two showed approximate linear changes in either a positive direction (15%) or a negative direction (49%), and two showed non-linear changes with a temporary ascending curve (11%) or a descending curve (26%). This implies that a change towards low levels of relational quality was most common.Conclusion: The present results show that illness may be a trigger for change in relational quality, which may have implications for future family-centred practice and research, since previously high relational quality has been linked to improved emotional well-being. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Omvårdnad hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Nursing hsv//eng
Informal caregiving; Interpersonal relations; Lung cancer; Quality of relationship; Relational development; Significant other
Vårdvetenskap
Nursing Science
Omvårdnad

Persson, Carina,1961-Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden,Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle(Swepub:lnu)gpeca (author)
Östlund, UlrikaKarolinska Institutet(Swepub:hig)ulaosd (author)
Wengström, Yvonne,1959-Karolinska Institutet(Swepub:oru)ywm (author)
Gustavsson, J. PetterKarolinska Institutet (author)
Karolinska InstitutetDivision of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)

In:European Journal of Oncology Nursing: Elsevier BV12:5, s. 430-4351462-38891532-2122

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