Table 4. Themes and Patterns of Cancer Survivor-Partner dyads by gender.

	Selective sharing in cancer-related issues				Initiation of cancer-related communication				Emotional reaction in communication
Male survivor/female partner	Problem solving com		Poor problem solving com		Survivors' non-initiating		Partners' non-initiating		Couples' non-sharing		Assuming partners
	S	P	S	P	S	P	S	P	S	P	S	P
Dyad 1	O		O						O	O	O	O
Dyad 2	O	O			O	O		O		O	O
Dyad 3	O	O				O					O	O
Dyad 4		O		O				O		O	O	O
Dyad 5			O		O	O			O	O
Female survivor/Male partner	Problem solving com				Partners' initiating				Partner stopped communicating
	S	P			S	P			S	P
Dyad 6		O							O
Dyad 7	O	O			O
Dyad 8		O			O	O
Dyad 9					O				O
Dyad 10					O	O			O	O

Note.

Symbol O = Either survivors or partners had been included in those themes;

Highlighted cell-colors = checked the concordant patterns between survivors and partners;

All these symbols were depending on participants' responses;

Abbreviations: com, communication; P, cancer survivor' partner; S, cancer survivor.