This study provides initial proof of concept that an intervention based on communal coping theory can increase couples' communal coping-both shared appraisal and collaboration. Additionally, the intervention was able to impact some intermediary outcomes that may be linked to downstream health outcomes for both patients and partners.
Keyphrases
- randomized controlled trial
- depressive symptoms
- social support
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- intimate partner violence
- adipose tissue
- human immunodeficiency virus
- drug induced
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- antiretroviral therapy