Psychological distress in cancer patients and their spouse: A stage-wise and gender-wise analysis

Pages: 320-324
Bijender Singh (Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India)

The following study is focused analyzing the psychological distress in Cancer patients and their spouse. It also found out a stage wise and gender wise analysis of psychological stress. For this study a sample of 80 participants was taken, out of them 40 were patients and 40 were their spouse. Major findings were that there is a significant difference in psychological distress among male and female in 1st stage cancer and also that psychological distress was found more in males in 1st stage and more in females in 2nd stage. The results can further help in enhancing coping mechanism of both patents and their spouse.