Gil, Natalie;
Fisher, Abigail;
Beeken, Rebecca J;
Pini, Simon;
Miller, Natalie;
Buck, Caroline;
Lally, Phillippa;
(2022)
The role of partner support for health behaviours in people living with and beyond cancer: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.
Psycho-Oncology
10.1002/pon.6032.
(In press).
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to qualitatively explore how partner support for health behaviours is perceived, received, and utilised in people living with and beyond cancer (LWBC). METHODS: Semi-structured audio interviews were conducted with 24 participants, 15 men and 9 women, living with and beyond breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer. Inductive and deductive Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Three key themes with six subthemes were identified relating to partner support for health behaviours: 1) Interdependence (Reciprocity, Overt Control, Influence & Motivation) 2) Concordance, (Shared Attitudes & Health Beliefs, Shared Health Behaviour) and 3) Communal Coping (Communal Orientation towards Health and Decision Making, Co-operative Action in Health Behaviour). CONCLUSIONS: Partner support plays a unique and significant role in the health behaviours of people LWBC. Partners play a collaborative role in managing health and facilitating health behaviours, while the high level of concordance in couples may represent a potential barrier to change via the reinforcement of maladaptive health beliefs and behaviours. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Overall, findings demonstrate that partners should be considered and included where possible when designing future behaviour change interventions for people LWBC. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The role of partner support for health behaviours in people living with and beyond cancer: A QUALITATIVE STUDY |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pon.6032 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6032 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Cancer, health behaviours, interdependence, living with and beyond cancer, oncology, partner support, qualitative, social support |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155805 |
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