Benefit finding in cancer: A review of influencing factors and health outcomes

Prospective international validation of the Quality of Life in Myelodysplasia Scale (QUALMS)

“…Benefit finding has been studied in other cancers, [33][34][35][36] where high levels may be associated with coping better and decreased levels of psychosocial stress; however, studies are not conclusive. 37 Interestingly, unlike the overall QUALMS, or the QUALMS-P, the QUALMS-BF did not show strong correlations with the other QOL scales studied, arguing that this is a new dimension of MDS-related QOL that has not been previously captured. On the other hand, the QUALMS-BF was also less well-correlated with the overall QUALMS scores, which perhaps reflects a difficulty in assessing this domain Validation of the QUALMS haematologica | 2016; 101 (6) 785 Figure 1.…”

Psychological Characteristics and Traits for Finding Benefit From Prostate Cancer

“…21,23 While psychological traits and characteristics reported to be associated with the capacity to find benefit have been studied in various forms in cancer populations, there remains inconsistent evidence about which traits and characteristics are associated with and predictive of finding benefit among adult cancer populations, broadly and specifically in prostate cancer. 24 Studies examining traits and characteristics as associations, covariates, and predictors for finding benefit in adult cancer populations, as measured by the 17-item Benefit Finding Scale, 25 the most commonly used scale in adult cancer populations, 26 are few. 26 Psychological characteristics and traits reported by adult cancer populations to be influential for finding benefit have been described to include optimism, 25,27Y31 anxiety and depression, 27Y30,32,33 and distress.…”

Benefit finding in renal transplantation and its association with psychological and clinical correlates: A prospective study

“…There is consistent evidence that optimism is related to more BF (Dunn, Occhipinti, Campbell, Ferguson, & Chambers, 2011;Helgeson et al, 2006;Pascoe & Edvardsson, 2013;Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009;Zoellner & Maercker, 2006). There is consistent evidence that optimism is related to more BF (Dunn, Occhipinti, Campbell, Ferguson, & Chambers, 2011;Helgeson et al, 2006;Pascoe & Edvardsson, 2013;Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009;Zoellner & Maercker, 2006).…”

“…Previous research on the direction of the relation between BF and distress has been inconsistent (Barskova & Oesterreich, 2009;Helgeson et al, 2006;Koutrouli et al, 2012;Pascoe & Edvardsson, 2013). A possible explanation for the lack of conclusive evidence may be the diversity of study designs (longitudinal vs. cross-sectional).…”

“…Literature findings concerning this issue are inconsistent (Barskova & Oesterreich, 2009;Helgeson et al, 2006;Koutrouli et al, 2012;Pascoe & Edvardsson, 2013). Literature findings concerning this issue are inconsistent (Barskova & Oesterreich, 2009;Helgeson et al, 2006;Koutrouli et al, 2012;Pascoe & Edvardsson, 2013).…”