Effects of couple based coping intervention on self-efficacy and quality of life in patients with resected lung cancer.

Abstract

We aimed to assess the couple based coping intervention (CBCI) for self-efficacy and quality of life in patients with resected lung cancer, compared with individual coping intervention (ICI). From October to December 2015, 132 consecutive patients with resected lung cancer who were married/lived in a stable relationship were randomly assigned to the ICI group and the CBCI group. The CBCI group had higher GSES compared with the ICI group at 2 month after operation, and at 6 month after operation (P<0.05). The CBCI group had higher VT, SF, RE, and MH score of SF-36 compared with the ICI group at 2 month after operation, and at 6 month after operation (P<0.05), but no significant differences were found in RP, PF, BP, and GH score of SF-36 compared between two groups (P>0.05) in these 2 time points. Couple based coping intervention is more effective than individual coping intervention for improving the self-efficacy and the quality of life in patients with resected lung cancer. Practitioners might like to consider using couple based coping intervention strategy to improve self-efficacy and quality of life in patients with resected lung cancer.