Impact of caregivers’ negative response to cancer on long-term survivors’ quality of life

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Alicia L. Best
Rujuta Shukla
Abdullahi Musa Adamu
Dinorah Martinez Tyson
Kevin D. Stein
Kassandra I. Alcaraz
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[1] University of South Florida,College of Public Health
[2] Boston University,Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
[3] Emory University,Rollins School of Public Health
[4] American Cancer Society,Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group
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Supportive Care in Cancer | 2021年 / 29卷
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Cancer survivors; Caregivers; Social support; Negative response to cancer; Quality of life;
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Cancer survivors’ quality of life (QoL) is consistently shown to be positively impacted by social support from family and friends, including informal caregivers. In contrast, a loved one’s negative response to cancer can diminish survivors’ QoL, and these negative responses can be more impactful than supportive behaviors. Nonetheless, negative caregiver response has not been extensively researched, and few studies have explored the potential interaction of negative caregiver response and perceived social support on survivors’ QoL. Therefore, we examined direct effects of perceived negative caregiver response, and the potential moderating role of social support, on QoL in a population-based sample of cancer survivors (N = 7543) using generalized linear models. Findings indicate that survivors who rated their caregiver’s response to their cancer diagnosis more negatively reported worse physical and mental health, even up to 10 years after their initial cancer diagnosis. Perceived social support was not significantly associated with physical health, but it was positively associated with mental health. However, social support was not shown to moderate the relationship between negative caregiver response and mental health. Findings suggest that positive support from others within a survivor’s social network may not be enough to attenuate the negative effects of their primary caregiver’s unsupportive behaviors. Accordingly, cancer survivorship research and practice must consider the critical role that negative caregiver responses have on survivors’ QoL and develop strategies that focus on the survivor–caregiver dynamic.
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