Post-Traumatic Growth among Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients and Its Association with Social Support and Hope.
Razieh Nouzari, Seyed Saeed Najafi, Marzieh Momennasab
PMID 31641681WHAT IT FOUND
Family caregivers of gastrointestinal cancer patients in Iran reported positive psychological growth after trauma.
Higher hope and perceived social support were linked to more growth, and hope showed the stronger link.
Key findings
01Caregivers' mean scores were 75.41 for post-traumatic growth, 190.95 for hope and 89.10 for perceived social support.
02Higher perceived social support and higher hope were linked to higher post-traumatic growth scores (r=0.55 and r=0.70).
03When both were considered together, hope was linked more strongly to growth than perceived social support (B=0.62 vs B=0.27).
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional and correlational, so it cannot show that hope or social support caused growth. It included only family caregivers of patients with gastrointestinal cancer in Shiraz, Iran, so results may not transfer to other groups or countries. All measures were self-report, and the authors noted that caregiver stress and mental state could affect answers. 17 of 129 caregivers were excluded for incomplete questionnaires.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the correlations as proof that increasing hope or perceived social support causes post-traumatic growth. This was a cross-sectional survey of family caregivers, not an intervention trial.