An explorative analysis of the differences in levels of happiness between cancer patients, informal caregivers and the general population.
Mayara Goulart de CamargosBianca Sakamoto Ribeiro PaivaMarco Antônio de OliveiraPaula de Souza FerreiraVinicius Tolentino Nardoto de AlmeidaSandra de Andrade CadamuroCarla Simone Leite de AlmeidaCarlos Eduardo PaivaPublished in: BMC palliative care (2020)
Overall, the conditions related to happiness, satisfaction with life and positive affect are similar for all groups. However, cancer patients and informal caregivers report increased rates of happiness and satisfaction with life compared with theoretically healthy people, although they have lower positive affect scores and higher negative affect scores. It is suggested that cancer patients and caregivers of cancer patients experience more difficulties (suffering) on a daily basis. However, given the increased difficulties, they perceive life differently, reporting that they are happier.