A supportive-expressive group intervention for women with a family history of breast cancer: results of a phase II study.

abstract：:This study tests the hypothesis that avoidance and intrusion play different roles in health-related quality of life (QoL) in women who have undergone breast cancer surgery. We assessed QoL (RAND-36), avoidance, intrusion, and total cancer-related distress (Impact of Event Scale) in 83 women at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months a...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： van de Wiel H,Geerts E,Hoekstra-Weebers J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Siblings of pediatric cancer patients have been shown to be at risk for developing emotional, behavioral, and social problems. There is a need for psychological interventions in this population. Several researchers have previously documented and evaluated their interventions with siblings. This paper aimed at...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Prchal A,Landolt MA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The nature and magnitude of the problems facing caregivers remain largely unknown in developing countries of the world. This study addresses these issues in a group of caregivers of patients with cancer in Zaria, Nigeria. METHOD:One hundred and three patients attending an oncology outpatient clinic at the A...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Yusuf AJ,Adamu A,Nuhu FT

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While ovarian cancer is rare and screening is not recommended for most women, it is being studied as a way to reduce ovarian cancer mortality. As effective strategies for screening emerge it will be important to understand the quality of life (QOL) effects of participation in ovarian cancer screening. In this study, w...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Andersen MR,Drescher CW,Zheng Y,Bowen DJ,Wilson S,Young A,McIntosh M,Mahony BS,Lowe KA,Urban N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Little is known about which women are at greatest risk of adverse psychological after-effects following colposcopy. This study examined time trends in, and identified predictors of, anxiety and specific worries over 12 months. METHODS:Women attending two hospital-based colposcopy clinics for abnormal cervica...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： O'Connor M,O'Leary E,Waller J,Gallagher P,D'arcy T,Flannelly G,Martin CM,McRae J,Prendiville W,Ruttle C,White C,Pilkington L,O'Leary JJ,Sharp L,Irish Cervical Screening Research Consortium (CERVIVA).

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explores the impact that cancer-related financial hardship/worries can have on family life. METHODS:Forty patients (19 male and 21 female) and 17 carers participated in a qualitative study, which drew on certain elements of grounded theory methods. Participants were 18 years or older and were acce...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Amir Z,Wilson K,Hennings J,Young A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been steady progress in reducing cancer mortality in the United States; however, this progress hasn't been evenly distributed across regions. This paper assesses trends in cancer mortality salience (CMS), that is, agreeing that getting cancer is a death sentence, over time in the United States and e...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Moser RP,Arndt J,Jimenez T,Liu B,Hesse BW

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the current literature concerning the prevalence and incidence of depression in the general population and within the population of people living with cancer where depression is defined using current standards and guidelines. Reviews of recent work where the treatment of depression was the focus of ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Sellick SM,Crooks DL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine how young adult cancer patients make sense of their experiences with cancer. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients at an urban tertiary care center RESULTS:The sample for this study included 15 young adult cancer survivors. The ages of the ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Kumar AR,Schapira L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous bone marrow transplantation (AuBMT) is probably among the most aggressive of physical treatments endured by cancer patients. High-risk breast cancer patients who choose this therapy face prolonged, agonizing and life-threatening interventions that are no less arduous than confronting the malignant disease i...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Feigin R,Greenberg A,Ras H,Hardan Y,Rizel S,Ben Efraim T,Stemmer SM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to co-create an evidence-based and theoretically informed web-based intervention (RESTORE) designed to enhance self-efficacy to live with cancer-related fatigue (CRF) following primary cancer treatment. METHODS:A nine-step process informed the development of the intervention: (1) rev...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Foster C,Calman L,Grimmett C,Breckons M,Cotterell P,Yardley L,Joseph J,Hughes S,Jones R,Leonidou C,Armes J,Batehup L,Corner J,Fenlon D,Lennan E,Morris C,Neylon A,Ream E,Turner L,Richardson A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of adequate information in a clear and sensitive manner can improve cancer patients' experience of care. Satisfaction with the cancer consultation may impact on satisfaction with care in general and adjustment to the disease. This study aims to identify factors that influence patient and clinician satisf...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Shilling V,Jenkins V,Fallowfield L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis of breast cancer prompts emotional reactions, which predispose to psychosocial problems and poor adjustment. Assessment of the psychosocial issues could help articulation of specific interventions. There is paucity of data on psychosocial issues in breast cancer from Nigeria. We assessed knowle...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Ohaeri BM,Ofi AB,Campbell OB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) have been identified as a meaningful indicator of distress in cancer survivors. Distinct from young adult survivors of childhood cancer, young people diagnosed with cancer as adolescents and young adults (AYAs) face unique psychosocial issues; however, there is little pu...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Kwak M,Zebrack BJ,Meeske KA,Embry L,Aguilar C,Block R,Hayes-Lattin B,Li Y,Butler M,Cole S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Improving shared decision-making (SDM) enables more tailored cancer treatment decisions. We evaluated a Time Out consultation (TOC) with the general practitioner (GP), between cancer diagnosis and treatment decision, which aims at supporting SDM and improving continuity of primary care. This study aims to eva...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Perfors IAA,Noteboom EA,de Wit NJ,van der Wall E,Visserman EA,van Dalen T,Verhagen MAMT,Witkamp AJ,Koelemij R,Flinterman AE,van Dorst EBL,Pruissen-Peeters KABM,Moons LMG,Schramel FMNH,van Rens MTM,Ernst MF,May AM,Helspe

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study set out to identify distress in cancer patients undergoing curative treatment within India. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This study was carried out to measure distress and contributory factors in 103 cancer patients undergoing treatment with curative intent. The patients were interviewed using the...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Pandey M,Thomas BC,Ramdas K,Nandamohan V

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the Beck Hopelessness Scale is often used with the seriously ill, its factor structure has been given relatively little consideration in this context. METHODS:The factor structure of this scale was examined in a sample of 406 ambulatory patients with advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer, using a...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Nissim R,Flora DB,Cribbie RA,Zimmermann C,Gagliese L,Rodin G

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a consecutive sample of 100 breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, cancer-related distress was assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and patients' interest in and acceptance of psychosocial support with the Questionnaire for Psychosocial Support and the European Consultation Liaison Workg...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Söllner W,Maislinger S,König A,Devries A,Lukas P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Revised-Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) assesses illness perceptions according to Leventhal's self-regulatory model. The aim of this paper is to present findings on the reliability and validity of the IPQ-R in a population of Greek cancer patients. METHODS:A total of 206 patients completed a Gre...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Giannousi Z,Manaras I,Georgoulias V,Samonis G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In spite of efforts to guarantee patients are adequately informed about their risk of fertility loss and offered treatment for fertility preservation (FP), previous studies have reported that this topic is not routinely discussed with patients, especially with younger patient populations. A mixed method syste...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Vindrola-Padros C,Dyer KE,Cyrus J,Lubker IM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients are diagnosed with advanced lung cancer despite the presence of many and intense symptoms at diagnosis. This qualitative study aims to explore how people with inoperable lung cancer frame and conceptualize the onset of their sickness, to obtain knowledge which might facilitate earlier health care contact...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Leveälahti H,Tishelman C,Ohlén J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the efficacy of clinical treatments (eg, adjuvant hormonal therapy) for breast cancer survivors (BCS), nonadherence rates remain high, increasing the risk of recurrence and mortality. The current study tested a theoretical model of medical nonadherence that proposes depression to be the most proximal ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Markovitz LC,Drysdale NJ,Bettencourt BA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quality of life (QOL) and psychological distress at end of life (EOL) heavily depend on symptom distress and functional impairment, which may not deteriorate synchronously at EOL. METHODS:Using multivariate hierarchical linear modeling, we simultaneously evaluated the differential association of 5 previously...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Wen FH,Chen JS,Chou WC,Hsieh CH,Chang WC,Shen WC,Tang ST

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine awareness of cancer and the relationship with distress and satisfaction with care among Italian cancer patients. METHODS:Two hundred sixty-two cancer patients consecutively admitted to the Day Hospital of four cancer centers in Italy completed the European Organisation for...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Costantini A,Grassi L,Picardi A,Brunetti S,Caruso R,Nanni MG,Bonetti L,de Feudis R,Barni S,Marchetti P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the association between psychological distress and indices of social integration and communal coping among sisters from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families. SAMPLE AND METHODS:Sixty-five sisters from 31 HBOC families completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and the Colored Ec...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Koehly LM,Peters JA,Kuhn N,Hoskins L,Letocha A,Kenen R,Loud J,Greene MH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In medicine, referral to a medical oncology specialty is based on recent history, physical examination, pathology, surgery reports, imaging, blood work, and the patient's vital signs. By contrast, referral to a psychosocial specialist has typically been based on the patients expressed request for psychosocial support ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Bultz BD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on understanding how the cancer experience affects individuals' quality of life (QOL). The goal of this study was to assess the QOL and to identify psychosocial predictors of QOL among a large sample of patients with a variety of cancers. Specifically, we assessed th...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Parker PA,Baile WF,de Moor Cd,Cohen L

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Truth telling or transmitting bad news is a problem that all doctors must frequently face. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate if medical students' opinions of truth telling differed from their observations of attending physicians' actual clinical practice. METHODS:The subjects were ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Tang WR,Fang JT,Fang CK,Fujimori M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cancer and its treatment often have a profound impact on patients, leading to increased health care use in the years after diagnosis. Social support is an important determinant of health care use. Partners of cancer patients may not always be able to provide all support patients need and patients may then rev...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Heins MJ,Hopman EP,Korevaar JC,Schellevis FG,Donker GA,Rijken PM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether social support might enhance health-related quality of life in men (n=89) treated for localized prostate cancer by improving their ability to cognitively process their cancer experience. Data were collected using two, structured in-person interviews and abstracting medical records. The base...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Roberts KJ,Lepore SJ,Helgeson V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00