Factors Mediating the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Cervical Cancer Among Thai Women

Thananowan, Nanthana; Vongsirimas, Nopporn

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“…[9] Both IPV and child abuse have been associated with smoking, alcohol abuse and obesity. [6, 12–13] Stress was also found to mediate or explain the observed effect of IPV on cervical neoplasia risk [14]. Thus, stress may directly or indirectly be associated with an increased prevalence of IPV among those with cancer.…”

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Intimate partner violence and women’s cancer quality of life

Coker

Follingstad

Garcia

et al. 2016

Cancer Causes Control

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Purpose Because Intimate partner violence (IPV) may disproportionately impact women’s quality of life (QOL) when undergoing cancer treatment, women experiencing IPV were hypothesized to have (a) more symptoms of depression or stress and (b) lower QOL as measured with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-B) and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being (FACIT-SP) Scales relative to those never experiencing IPV. Methods Women, ages 18–79, who were included in one of two state cancer registries from 2009–2015 with a recent incident, primary, invasive biopsy-confirmed cancer diagnosis were recruited and asked to complete a phone interview, within 12 months of diagnosis. This interview measured IPV by timing (current and past) and type (physical, sexual, psychological), socio-demographics, and health status. Cancer registries provided consenting women’s cancer stage, site, date of diagnosis, and age. Results In this large cohort of 3,278 women who completed a phone interview, 1,221 (37.3%) disclosed lifetime IPV (10.6% sexual, 24.5% physical, and 33.6% psychological IPV). Experiencing IPV (particularly current IPV) was associated with poorer cancer-related QOL defined as having more symptoms of depression and stress after cancer diagnosis and lower FACIT-SP and FACT scores than women not experiencing IPV and controlling for confounders including demographic factors, cancer stage, site and number of comorbid conditions. Current IPV was more strongly associated with poorer QOL. When compared with those experiencing past IPV (and no IPV), women with cancer who experienced current IPV had significantly higher depression and stress symptoms scores and lower FACIT-SP and FACT-G scores indicating poorer QOL for all domains. While IPV was not associated with being diagnosed at a later cancer stage, current IPV was significantly associated with having more than one comorbid physical conditions at interview (adjusted rate ratio = 1.35; 95% confidence interval: 1.19–1.54) and particularly for women diagnosed with cancer when <55 years of age. Conclusions Current and past IPV were associated with poorer mental and physical health functioning among women recently diagnosed with cancer. Including clinical IPV screening may improve women’s cancer-related quality of life.

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Intimate partner violence and women’s cancer quality of life

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Follingstad

Garcia

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Cancer Causes Control

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“…IPV victims, especially the ones of physical and sexual violence, are more likely to have cervical cancer than non-victims. However, the reason for this connection is more psychological than physical [8]. Stress, depressive symptoms, and cervical cancer significantly increase with IPV; while social support and self-esteem largely decrease with IPV.…”

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“…Stress, depressive symptoms, and cervical cancer significantly increase with IPV; while social support and self-esteem largely decrease with IPV. Providing social support and improving selfesteem should be an important aspect in lowering stress and depressive symptoms in cervical cancer treatment [8].…”

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Building Asian Women Cancer Support Group

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A support system is a very important factor for a cancer patient. It is an even more important aspect among Asian women cancer patients than other ethnicities. China is the only country that women suicide rate is higher than that of men. The reason for that is domestic violence. This paper is about how a woman cancer patient can build her own support system. When they experience domestic violence, Who they should turn to, whether and how to work to make her job a wellness program. Also, where she should choose to live. Cancer treatment is more than chemo and radiation. It is about an all-around program to make the patient feel overall good.

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“…Thai researchers have recently observed that partner violence had direct effects on lower social support, increased stress, depressive symptoms and cervical cancer ( p < .01) among 532 women and stress alone mediated the effect of partner violence on cancer. While stress may not cause cancer, stress does influence this disease's process . Partner violence has consistently been associated with increased self‐perceived stress including symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among women with and without cancer .…”

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Partner interfering behaviors affecting cancer quality of life

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ObjectiveBecause partners are an important and unpaid resource in cancer care, understanding how destructive, controlling or interfering partner behaviors influence women's cancer care may be particularly relevant for health care providers seeking to provide cancer care and enhance recovery. Using a new measure of partner interfering behaviors in cancer care (PIB‐C), we investigated whether women with a recent cancer diagnosis who additionally endorsed any PIB‐C would report (a) more symptoms of depression and stress, and (b) lower Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT‐G) and lower Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Spiritual Well‐being (FACIT‐SP) scale scores indicating poorer quality of life (QOL).MethodsWomen aged 18–79 included in cancer registries as having an incident, primary, biopsy‐confirmed cancer in the past 12 months were eligible for this study. Consenting women completed a phone interview 9–12 months following cancer diagnosis between 2009 and 2015. Interviews provided data to measure outcomes (perceived stress and depressive symptoms, FACIT‐SP and FACT‐G scores), partner supportive and interfering behaviors, and other potentially confounding factors.ResultsOf the 2376 women in a relationship at cancer diagnosis, 14.7% endorsed one or more of 14 PIB‐C items. Women endorsing any PIB‐C item reported more symptoms of depression and stress and lower FACT‐G and FACIT‐SP scores than partnered women reporting no PIB‐C even when controlling for partner supportive behaviors and lifetime intimate partner violence. Increasing PIB‐C scores were also correlated, in a dose–response pattern, with these same outcomes.ConclusionsPartner interfering behaviors during cancer care impact patients' QOL across multiple domains. © 2016 The Authors. Psycho‐Oncology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Factors Mediating the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Cervical Cancer Among Thai Women

Cited by 19 publications

References 35 publications

Intimate partner violence and women’s cancer quality of life

Intimate partner violence and women’s cancer quality of life

Building Asian Women Cancer Support Group

Partner interfering behaviors affecting cancer quality of life

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