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  • This study assessed how family resilience affects the quality of life (QOL) in lung cancer patients and their spouses, focusing on the role of dyadic coping.
  • A total of 313 patient-caregiver pairs were surveyed using various questionnaires and the data was analyzed through a model that considers both partners' influences on each other's outcomes.
  • The findings indicated that while family resilience improved the QOL for both patients and spouses through dyadic coping, it did not have a direct impact on the partner's QOL, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to enhance family support and coping strategies.

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Purpose: This study explored the effects of family resilience on quality of life (QOL) and examined whether dyadic coping mediates these effects in patients with lung cancer and their spousal caregivers.

Methods: In total, 313 dyads were recruited from three tertiary hospitals in Fujian Province, China, between March and July 2022. Study participants independently completed sociodemographic and clinical characteristics questionnaires, the Shortened Chinese version of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale, the Dyadic Coping Inventory, and the 8-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Data analysis utilized the actor-partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM).

Results: Family resilience of both patients with lung cancer and their spouses were positively and directly associated with their own QOL, which was mediated by dyadic coping. Family resilience did not significantly influence the partners' QOL. The APIMeM model produced acceptable fit (χ/df = 2.857, RMSEA = 0.077, CFI = 0.992, TLI = 0.941, and NFI = 0.998).

Conclusion: Dyadic coping mediated both actor and partner effects between family resilience and QOL, and there was no significant direct partner effect between individual family resilience and their partner's QOL. The development of efficient family- or dyad-based interventions is essential to improve family resilience and encourage dyadic coping strategies among patients with lung cancer and their spousal caregivers who experience poor family resilience and low dyadic coping. Such interventions have the potential to enhance QOL for both parties.

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