The development of a complex intervention in China: the 'Caring for Couples Coping with Cancer "4Cs" Programme' to support couples coping with cancer

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• 作者：Qiuping Li ; Yinghua Xu ; Huiya Zhou ; Alice Yuen Loke
• 关键词：Complex intervention ; Medical Research Council (MRC) framework ; Spousal caregiver ; Couples coping ; Cancer
• 刊名：BMC Palliative Care
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 全文大小：562 KB
• 刊物主题：Pain Medicine; Quality of Life Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-684X

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Background As the primary informal caregiver for cancer patients, spousal caregivers are a population at a high risk of hidden morbidity. The factors impacting couples coping with cancer are complex, and within spousal caregiver-patient dyads the impact is mutual. The aim of this study is to explain the process that led to the development of an acceptable, feasible, and potentially effective ‘Caring for Couples Coping with Cancer “4Cs” Programme’ to support couples coping with cancer as the unit of intervention in China.