Relationship status and quality of the partner relationship in parents of long‐term childhood cancer survivors: The Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study‐Parents

Objective The intensive and long‐lasting experience of childhood cancer is a tremendous stressor for the parental relationship. We aimed to (1) compare civil status and partner relationship of parents of long‐term childhood cancer survivors with population‐based comparisons, (2) identify cancer‐rela...

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Published in:Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2019-02, Vol.28 (2), p.309-316
Main Authors: Mader, Luzius, Roser, Katharina, Baenziger, Julia, Vetsch, Janine, Winther, Jeanette Falck, Scheinemann, Katrin, Michel, Gisela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Cancer
Cancer Survivors - psychology
Child
Childhood
Children
Couples
Dependency
Fathers
Female
Humans
Long term
Male
Marital status
Middle Aged
Mothers
Neoplasms - nursing
Neoplasms - psychology
oncology
parent
Parent-Child Relations
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
partner
Pediatrics
Personal relationships
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
relationship
Response rates
Sociodemographics
Survivor
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Objective The intensive and long‐lasting experience of childhood cancer is a tremendous stressor for the parental relationship. We aimed to (1) compare civil status and partner relationship of parents of long‐term childhood cancer survivors with population‐based comparisons, (2) identify cancer‐related characteristics associated with not being married, and (3) evaluate the quality of the partner relationship. Methods We sent questionnaires to parents of survivors aged ≤16 years at diagnosis and ≥20 years at study. Population‐based comparisons were derived from a random sample of the general population (≥1 child aged ≥20 years) and standardized by sociodemographic characteristics of survivor parents. We used logistic regression to identify cancer‐related characteristics associated with not being married. The quality of the partner relationship was evaluated using the relationship‐specific attachment scale for adults assessing the dimensions security (secure‐fearful) and dependency (dependent‐independent). Results A total of 784 parents (58.9% mothers) of 512 survivors (response rate: 44.0%) and 471 comparison parents completed the questionnaire. Parents of survivors were less often divorced/separated (9.0% vs 17.5%, P 
ISSN:1057-9249
1099-1611
DOI:10.1002/pon.4941