Development and Validation of the Cancer Worries Inventory

D'errico, Gina M.; Galassi, John P.; Schanberg, Rachel; Ware, William R.

doi:10.1300/j077v17n03_07

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“…A modified version of the Cancer Worries Inventory (CWI) (D'Errico et al, 1999) was used to rate the main preoccupations caused by cancer (e.g., physical and emotional problems, relational worries), which also included three questions on openness, used to rate how open the patient was about his/her illness with the family. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPPS-10 package.…”

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Do spirituality and faith make a difference? Report from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Group

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Objective: In the last decade, some attention has been given to spirituality and faith and their role in cancer patients' coping. Few data are available about spirituality among cancer patients in Southern European countries, which have a big tradition of spirituality, namely, the Catholic religion. As part of a more general investigation (Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study -SEPOS), the aim of this study was to examine the effect of spirituality in molding psychosocial implications in Southern European cancer patients.Method: A convenience sample of 323 outpatients with a diagnosis of cancer between 6 to 18 months, a good performance status (Karnofsky Performance Status . 80), and no cognitive deficits or central nervous system (CNS) involvement by disease were approached in university and affiliated cancer centers in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Switzerland (Italian speaking area). Each patient was evaluated for spirituality (Visual Analog Scale 0-10), psychological morbidity (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-HADS), coping strategies (Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer -Mini-MAC) and concerns about illness (Cancer Worries Inventory -CWI).Results. The majority of patients (79.3%) referred to being supported by their spirituality/ faith throughout their illness. Significant differences were found between the spirituality and non-spirituality groups ( p 0.01) in terms of education, coping styles, and psychological morbidity. Spirituality was significantly correlated with fighting spirit (r ¼ 20.27), fatalism (r ¼ 0.50), and avoidance (r ¼ 0.23) coping styles and negatively correlated with education (r ¼ 20.25), depression (r ¼ 20.22) and HAD total (r ¼ 20.17).Significance of results: Spirituality is frequent among Southern European cancer patients with lower education and seems to play some protective role towards psychological morbidity, specifically depression. Further studies should examine this trend in Southern European cancer patients.

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Do spirituality and faith make a difference? Report from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Group

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“…The CWI 35 is a 15-item questionnaire examining, on a 1-4 Likert scale, several possible concerns, including physical problems (e.g., the effects of surgery, the effects of chemotherapy, physical symptoms), emotional problems (e.g., emotional symptoms, feeling different from others; concerns about the future), relationship worries (e.g., being a burden to the family; worries with respect to sexual life and the relationship with one's own partner), and economic worries (e.g., work-related issues, including housework; not being able to carry out one's daily activities). Cronbach ␣ reliability of the CWI was good (␣ϭ0.88).…”

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Hopelessness and Related Variables Among Cancer Patients in the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS)

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“…A modified version of the Cancer Worries Inventory (CWI) (D'Errico et al, 1999) was used to rate the main preoccupations caused by cancer (e.g. physical and emotional problems, relational worries).…”

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Psychosocial morbidity and its correlates in cancer patients of the Mediterranean area: findings from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study

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Moncayo

et al. 2004

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background: A few and partial data are available on psychosocial morbidity among cancer patients in Mediterranean countries. As a part of a more general investigation (Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study-SEPOS), the rate of psychosocial morbidity and its correlation with clinical and cultural variables were examined in cancer patients in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Methods: A convenience sample of cancer outpatients with good performance status and no cognitive impairment were approached. The Hospital Anxiety-Depression scale (HAD-S), the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale (Mini-MAC), and the Cancer Worries Inventory (CWI) were used to measure psychological morbidity, coping strategies and concerns about illness. Results: Of 277 patients, 34% had pathological scores (bborderline casesQ plus btrue casesQ) on HAD-S Anxiety and 24.9% on HAD-S Depression. Total psychiatric bcasenessQ was 28.5% and 16.6%, according to different HAD cut-offs (14 and 19, respectively). Significant relationships of HAD-S Anxiety, HAD-S Depression, HAD-S Total score, with Mini-MAC Hopeless and Anxious Preoccupation, and CWI score were found. No differences emerged between countries on psychosocial morbidity, while some differences emerged between the countries on coping mechanisms. Furthermore, Fatalism, Avoidance and marginally Hopeless were higher compared to studies carried out in English-speaking countries. Limitations: The relatively small sample size and the good performance status prevent us to generalize data on patients with different cancer sites and advanced phase of illness. Conclusions: One-third of the patients presented anxiety and depressive morbidity, with significant differences in characteristics of coping in Mediterranean countries in comparison with English-speaking countries. D

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Development and Validation of the Cancer Worries Inventory

Cited by 18 publications

References 24 publications

Do spirituality and faith make a difference? Report from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Group

Do spirituality and faith make a difference? Report from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Group

Hopelessness and Related Variables Among Cancer Patients in the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS)

Psychosocial morbidity and its correlates in cancer patients of the Mediterranean area: findings from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study

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