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Adjustment of married couples and unmarried women to gynaecological cancer

  • Ora Gilbar
  • , Mariana Steiner
  • , Jack Atad
  • University of Haifa
  • Linn Clinic
  • Carmel Medical Center

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Abstract

This two‐part study, conducted at the Department of Oncology, Linn Clinic, Haifa, Israel, compared the psychological and psychosocial adjustment to illness of 44 gynaecological cancer patients to that of their spouses, and the adjustment to illness of these 44 married patients compared to 18 unmarried gynaecological cancer patients. In the first part of the study, differences in psychological distress between marriage partners, measured by Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), were found, the distress of the husband being more severe than that of the wife. In the second part of the study, the psychological distress of unmarried women was found to be more severe than that of married women.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)203-211
Number of pages9
JournalPsycho-Oncology
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1995
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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