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Do men with cancer have someone to confide in?

Do men with cancer have someone to confide in?. Subjects in study bases :. All 431 men diagnosed with prostate cancer over a period of one year in Stockholm county, alive and 50-80 years old at the time (18-24 months after diagnosis) 435 randomly selected men aged 50-80 years.

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Do men with cancer have someone to confide in?

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  1. Do men with cancer have someone to confide in?

  2. Subjects in study bases: All 431 men diagnosed with prostate cancer over a period of one year in Stockholm county, alive and 50-80 years old at the time (18-24 months after diagnosis) 435 randomly selected men aged 50-80 years

  3. Can you share your emotional concerns like fears, anxieties and feelings of hopelessness and helplessness……….. Q1: ………..with your partner? Q2: ………..with someone else? _________________________________ “All”, “Most”, “Some” = Not emot. isolated -------------------------------------------------- “Few”, “Almost non”, “Non” = Isolated

  4. Definition of “emotional isolation” Those reporting to share “few”, “almost non” or “non” emotional concerns in both questions = Having neither a partner nor someone else to share difficult feelings with

  5. Emotional isolation Randomly selected men: Prostate cancer patients: 22% 24%

  6. Feeling content/happy RR adjusting for age 1.7 (1.3-2.2) Men who had someone to confide in: Emotionally isolated men:

  7. Emotional isolation and well-being Presenting % for each well-being variable

  8. Sharing motional concerns : Prostate cancer patients All Few /most Some /none _______________________________________________________ Men living with a partner: Share with partner 71% 12% 17% Share with others8% 10% 82% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men not living with a partner: Share with others26% 8% 67% ________________________________________________________ Helgason AR, Adolfsson J, Steineck G.

  9. Share problems only with the partner - patients vs. controls 82% 82% = Of men living with a partner

  10. Seven out of ten prostate cancer patients without a partner, have no psychosocial support when it comes to sharing taxing emotional feelings

  11. Based on the present data, it appears that emotional psychosocial support may not be getting through to men with cancer

  12. In eight out of ten cases, partners to male cancer patients are their only psychosocial support when it comes to sharing taxing emotional feelings

  13. Do the women have someone other than their spouse to confide in ?

  14. All 506 widows of prostate and bladder cancer patient over a given time period, 45-75 years old at the time. 287 randomly selected women living with a man at the time of selection, 45-75 years old at the time.

  15. Women and widows aged 45-75 years All Few /most Some /none _______________________________________________________ Women living with a partner: Share with partner 74% 11% 15% Share with others19% 30% 51% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Widows: Share with others39% 26% 35% ________________________________________________________ Valdimarsdottir U, Steineck G, Helgason AR

  16. Sharing motional concerns : Men and women All Few /most Some /none _______________________________________________________________ Living with a partner: Share with partner 68% 14% 18% Share with partner 74% 11% 15% Share with others 10% 8% 82% Share with others 19% 30% 51% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Men not living with a partner: Share with others 21% 12% 68% Share with others 39% 26% 36% _______________________________________________________ Helgason AR, Valdimarsdottir U, Adolfsson J, Steineck G.

  17. Share “most or all” emotional concerns with the partner 74% 70% Women Men

  18. Share “few or no” emotional concerns with someone else Living with a partner 82% 51% Women Men

  19. Having no one to confide in -% of emotionally isolated people living without a partner 73% 35% Women45-75 years Men50-80 years

  20. The present data shows that although women more often have access to emotional support outside the partner relationship, a substantial proportion of women do not – consequently psychosocial support of men with cancer should include supporting their spouse in her role as the primary emotional support for the patient.

  21. Sharing motional concerns : Randomly selected men All Few /most Some /none _______________________________________________________ Men living with a partner: Share with partner 68% 14% 18% Share with others10% 8% 82% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Men not living with a partner: Share with others21% 12% 68% _______________________________________________________ Helgason AR, Adolfsson J, Steineck G.

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