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Active consideration underpinned the efforts of men with prostate cancer to support their spouse caregivers
Fergus KD, Gray RE, Fitch MI, et al.Active consideration: conceptualizing patient-provided support for spouse caregivers in the context of prostate cancer.Qual Health Res 2002 ;12:492–514
QUESTION: How do men with prostate cancer and their female spouses characterise the phenomenon of patient provided support for spouse caregivers?
Key Words: Keywords: prostatic neoplasms • caregivers • social support
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Qualitative study within a large longitudinal study.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
34 men with prostate cancer (mean age 61 y) and their partners (mean age 57 y). The men were married or living with an intimate female partner and had chosen surgical prostatectomy as their primary treatment at the time of the first semistructured interview. The men and their partners spoke English.
The men and their partners separately participated in 3 semistructured, 1 hour interviews (before surgery and at 2 and 12 mo after surgery). Questions included "Has your partner attempted to support you? Have you attempted to support your partner? If so, how? Has this been helpful?" Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using the grounded theory method.
The core theme, active consideration, reflected men’s inclinations to expand their perspective to include that of their partners and their purposive attempts to reduce the effects of the illness and its
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department
Western Hospital Sunshine, St Albans, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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