- Title
- Psychological morbidity among Australian rural and urban support persons of haematological cancer survivors: results of a national study
- Creator
- Carey, Mariko; Sanson-Fisher, Rob; Paul, Christine; Bradstock, Kenneth; Williamson, Anna; Campbell, H. Sharon
- Relation
- Psycho-Oncology Vol. 26, Issue 11, p. 1952-1958
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4411
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Objective: To compare the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress among rural and urban support persons of haematological cancer survivors and explore factors associated with having one or more of these outcomes. Methods: Haematological cancer survivors were identified via 1 of 5 state-based cancer registries and invited to take part in a survey. Those who agreed were asked to pass on a questionnaire package to their support person. Measures included the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Support Persons' Unmet Need Survey, and sociodemographic questions. Results: Nine-hundred and eighty-nine (66%) participating survivors had a participating support person. There were no significant differences in the proportion of urban versus rural support persons who reported elevated levels of depression (21% vs 23%), anxiety (16% vs 17%), or stress (16% vs 20%), P > .05. Odds of reporting at least 1 indicator of psychological morbidity increased by 10% to 17% for each additional high or very high unmet need and by 2% for those who had relocated from their usual place of residence for the survivor to receive treatment and was decreased by 5% to 54% for those support persons who reported that they had no chronic health conditions. Conclusions: Psychological outcomes for rural and urban support persons are similar. Those who have poor health, have had to relocate, and who have multiple unmet needs are particularly vulnerable to poor psychological outcomes. These factors should be assessed to enable early intervention for those at risk of poor outcomes.
- Subject
- anxiety; blood cancer; survivors; cancer; caregiver; carer; depression; haematological cancer; oncology; rural; support person
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1353177
- Identifier
- uon:31056
- Identifier
- ISSN:1057-9249
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of above article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4411. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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