Coping strategies and quality of life: a longitudinal study of high-grade glioma patient-caregiver dyads

authors

  • Baumstarck Karine
  • Chinot Olivier
  • Tabouret Emeline
  • Farina Patrizia
  • Barrié Marilyne
  • Campello Chantal
  • Petrirena Gregorio
  • Hamidou Zeinab
  • Auquier Pascal

keywords

  • Caregivers
  • Coping
  • Dyads
  • High-grade gliomas
  • Quality of life
  • Social support

abstract

Among a sample of patient-informal caregiver dyads in the specific context of new diagnoses of high-grade glioma in the time-frame between diagnosis and the third month following diagnosis, we examine whether the coping strategies implemented by the patients and their caregivers influenced their own quality of life (QoL) and the QoL of their relatives.

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