Pathways to psychological wellbeing for patients with bladder cancer and their partners-in-care.

Purpose: The goal of the current analyses was to describe pathways through which Psychological Wellbeing might be better understood for clinical participants with bladder cancer and their partners. This was achieved by applying Roy's Adaptation Model that provides a framework with which to understand responses to challenging circumstances that has proved useful in the study of a range of chronic conditions.

Methods: The sample comprised 119 patients with a diagnosis of bladder cancer, and 103 supportive partners.

Toward an Understanding of Patients' and Their Partners' Experiences of Bladder Cancer.

Background: Bladder cancer is characterized by recurrence and progression, ongoing surveillance and treatment, adverse effects, and complications and is associated with chronic ill health that may compromise relationships, social activities, and employment.

Objective: The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of quality of life disruptions among both those diagnosed with bladder cancer and their supportive partners (spouses or other family members).

Interventions/methods: Couples were recruited from a tertiary care public hospital database.

The relative contributions of function, perceived psychological burden and partner support to cognitive distress in bladder cancer.

Objective: Bladder cancer is a genitourinary disease of increasing incidence. Despite improvements in treatment, outcomes remain equivocal with high recurrence rates. It is associated with poor psychosocial outcomes due to reduced functioning of the genitourinary system.