TitleCouple-Oriented Education and Support Intervention for Osteoarthritis: Effects on Spouses' Support and Responses to Patient Pain.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsMartire, LM, Schulz, R, Keefe, FJ, Rudy, TE, Starz, TW
JournalFam Syst Health
Volume26
Issue2
Pagination185-195
Date Published2008 Jun 01
ISSN1939-0602
Abstract

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether a couple-oriented education and support intervention for osteoarthritis was more efficacious than a similar patient-oriented intervention in terms of enhancing spouses' support of patients and their positive and negative responses to patient pain. Repeated-measures analyses of covariance with the completers sample (N = 103 dyads) showed that at the postintervention assessment, patients in the couple-oriented intervention reported a greater decrease in their spouses' punishing responses (e.g., anger, irritation) than did patients in the patient-oriented intervention. In addition, a trend effect was observed in regard to the advantage of couple-oriented intervention for increasing spouses' attempts to distract patients from their pain. At the 6-month follow-up, patients in the couple-oriented intervention reported greater increased spouse support than those in the patient-oriented intervention. Findings illustrate the value of examining change in specific types of marital interactions targeted in a couples intervention, and the need to strengthen the impact of future couple-oriented interventions.</p>

DOI10.1037/1091-7527.26.2.185
Alternate JournalFam Syst Health
PubMed ID19946460
PubMed Central IDPMC2783596
Grant ListP30 MH052247 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
K07 AG000923 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 NR008272 / NR / NINR NIH HHS / United States
P01 AR050245 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
K07 AG000923-05 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
K01 MH065547 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
P50 HL065111 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
K01 MH065547-05 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
R01 NR008272-05 / NR / NINR NIH HHS / United States
P01 AR050245-03 / AR / NIAMS NIH HHS / United States
P50 HL065111-05 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
P30 MH052247-109008 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States