This review highlights recent advances in research addressing intimate partner relationships
and health. Consideration of the strong mutual influences that the members of a couple have …

Despite the importance of both members of the adult patient–care partner dyad, a majority of
research on illness management is focused on the patient or the care partner. The basic …

Study Objectives: Many adults sleep with a significant other; thus, sleep disorder symptoms
and treatments of one partner are likely to impact the other partner's health. A literature …

Background Prostate cancer can negatively impact quality of life of the patient and his
spouse caregiver, but interventions rarely target the health of both partners simultaneously …

Objective Informal caregivers of people with lung cancer often experience a substantial care
burden and associated negative consequences due to the often‐contracted course of the …

Spouses offer a primary source of support and may provide critical assistance for behavior
change. A diet-exercise intervention previously found efficacious in improving cancer …

Several theoretical models have described the ways that patients and partners respond to a
health problem. Most of these models are faced with limitations regarding the role of …

Context Family caregivers constitute a critical component of the end-of-life care system with
considerable cost to themselves. However, the joint association of terminally ill cancer …

Background & Aims Management of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) has implications for not
only patients' quality of life (QOL), but also their caregivers'. We aimed to identify …

Given the high symptom burden and low survivability of lung cancer, patients and their
spouses have been found to experience poor mental health. The current study examined the …