Navigating life after gastric cancer surgery: a qualitative exploration of the dyadic patient-caregiver perspective on quality of life outcomes

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 288 - 27
• Main Authors: Gu, Yingying, Ma, Xiuxiu, Xin, Hanjia, Xiang, Ziying, Chen, Yanmei, He, Chaozhu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.02.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Aged; Analysis; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Chemotherapy; China; Data collection; Dyadic perspective; Family; Family caregiver; Female; Gastric cancer; Health aspects; Health insurance; Health promotion; Hospitals; Humans; Interviews; Male; Medical law; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Middle Aged; Oncology, Experimental; Patient outcomes; Patients; Qualitative Research; Qualitative study; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Research methodology; Social aspects; Social environment; Stomach cancer; Stomach Neoplasms - psychology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; China; Family caregiver; Health promotion; Qualitative study; Gastric cancer; Dyadic perspective; Quality of life

Gastric cancer (GC) families as a whole face the stressful time of cancer together, and the quality of life (QoL) of both the patient and the caregiver can be affected. Most past researchers have focused on the QoL of GC patients, but have neglected the role that caregivers play in the treatment pro...