Coping of Cancer Patients During and After Radiotherapy – a Follow-Up of 2 Years

Sehlen, Susanne; Song, Rhayun; Fahmüller, Hermann; Herschbach, Peter; Lenk, Markus; Hollenhorst, H.; Schymura, Beatrice; Aydemir, Ülker; Dühmke, Eckhart

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“…A possible mechanism through which spirituality may exert its effect is by providing a way in which patients draw meaning from the disease. Spirituality functions as a coping mechanism in breast cancer survivors enabling them to reframe their illness in a more positive light (Johnson, 2002;Levine and Targ, 2002;Gibson and Parker, 2003;Sehlen et al, 2003). In all likelihood, a similar process of reframing the illness is occurring in men with prostate cancer when the diagnosis is reframed from death sentence to 'good cancer' (Maliski et al, 2002).…”

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Spirituality influences health related quality of life in men with prostate cancer

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Spirituality is interdependent with the biological, psychological, and interpersonal aspects of life. Although spirituality has been studied in breast cancer survivors, little work has been done in men with prostate cancer. We sought to determine whether lower spirituality in men with early stage prostate cancer is associated with worse general health-related quality of life (HRQOL), disease-specific HRQOL, or psychosocial health. Two hundred and twenty-two subjects were drawn from a state-funded program providing free prostate cancer treatment to indigent men. Validated instruments captured spirituality, general and disease-specific HRQOL, anxiety, symptom distress, and emotional well-being. We found a consistent relationship between spirituality and the outcomes assessed. Low spirituality was associated with significantly worse physical and mental health, sexual function and more urinary bother after controlling for covariates. All of the psychosocial variables studied reflected worse adjustment in the men with low spirituality. Because the likelihood of prostate cancer survivorship is high, interventions targeting spirituality could impact the physical and psychosocial health of many men.

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“…Lazarus and Folkman define coping as a dynamic process involving cognitive and behavioral efforts to enable people to live with internal or external demands brought about by disease [7]. Previous cross sectional findings [8][9][10][11][12] suggest that women with breast cancer who use strategies such as positive cognitive restructuring (also known as positive reappraisal), acceptance, emotional processing, or emotional expression have better quality of life than those who use more passive coping strategies such as avoidance or minimizing importance of their cancer. The meta-analysis in 2014 [13] indicated that in several circumstances, coping effectiveness was dependent on cancer stage, treatment, disease duration, and type of coping measure.…”

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Breast Cancer Coping Strategies after Diagnosis: A Six-month Follow-up

Sajadian¹,

RajiLahiji²,

Motaharinasab³

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Introduction: Breast cancer is a tragic experience that accompanies stressful situations for patients. Adjustment with breast cancer has a significant effect on decreasing stress and increasing the patients› quality of life. Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, breast cancer patients› experiences were evaluated at Breast Cancer Research Center (BCRC), Motamed Cancer Institut (MCI), Tehran, Iran. To evaluate coping strategies in breast cancer patients, a modified Ways of Coping-cancer Version (WOC-CA) questionnaire was used. A written informed consent was obtained from the patients. Results: From a total of 187 breast cancer patients participated in this study, 177 cases followed up for 6 months later. The mean age of the patients was 47.3 ± 9.6 years. Eighty-seven percent of the patients were married, 91% of the subjects had middle and high education and most of them (83%) were housewife. Seven coping strategies were used by the patients after diagnosis and 6 months later. The most commonly used coping strategies after diagnosis included «seeking for social support», «spirituality», and «positive cognitive restructuring» and the least used coping strategy was «detachment». The most frequently used strategies 6 months after the diagnosis were «seeking for social support», «spirituality», «positive cognitive restructuring», and «making changes» and the least commonly used ones included «wishful thinking», and «keeping feelings to self-coping strategies». Conclusions: It seems that clinicians should provide enough information about the treatment and survival before the surgery. The patients› concerns about the way of adjustment with the disease, especially religious thinking and advices about the way of coping with breast cancer should be considered.

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“…22 We expected an interaction between active coping and both types of health, 20,23 because similar outcomes of coping were found for both mental and physical disorders. [24][25][26][27][28][29] In summary, for both mental and physical health, we hypothesized that negative effects of physical and mental health problems on work ability would be strongest for persons using an avoidant coping style and weakest for those using an active coping style and those seeking social support. This study was designed to address the following research questions:…”

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Differential Effects of Mental and Physical Health and Coping Style on Work Ability

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Ybema

et al. 2013

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Coping of Cancer Patients During and After Radiotherapy – a Follow-Up of 2 Years

Cited by 20 publications

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Spirituality influences health related quality of life in men with prostate cancer

Spirituality influences health related quality of life in men with prostate cancer

Breast Cancer Coping Strategies after Diagnosis: A Six-month Follow-up

Differential Effects of Mental and Physical Health and Coping Style on Work Ability

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