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Physical and Psychological Health Interdependence Among Dyads in Hematological Cancer.

Cancer Nurs

November 2021

Author Affiliations: Cizik School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Drs Streck, Wardell, and Wood); and Department of Psychology, University of Houston (Dr Derrick), Texas.

Background: Hematological cancer impacts both patients and their caregivers. Although only patients experience direct physical effects from cancer, both patients and caregivers experience psychological effects from cancer-related stressors. Theories suggest that patient-caregiver dyads, although experiencing individual effects from cancer, may also indirectly affect one another's health.

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