Reply to Depression as a predictor of disease progression and mortality in cancer patients

Satin, Jillian R.; Linden, Wolfgang; Phillips, Melanie

doi:10.1002/cncr.25315

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“…20,21 Black men reported significantly greater emotional well-being, but no racial differences in physical functioning were found. 22 Given that physical and mental health of patients with cancer can lead to negative outcomes (eg, psychological disability or worse physical functioning), [23][24][25][26][27] it is critical for providers to properly assess and manage the physical and mental health to improve their survival outcomes.…”

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Racial/Ethnic Disparity in the Relationship of Mental and Physical Health With Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors

Tsai

Bevel

Andrzejak

2023

JCO Oncology Practice

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PURPOSE: We examined colorectal cancer (CRC) screening utilization among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black (NHB), non-Hispanic other (NHO)/Hispanic cancer survivors. We also determined whether experiencing poor physical and/or mental health affects CRC screening utilization in breast and prostate cancers across different racial/ethnic groups. METHODS: Data from years 2016, 2018, and 2020 of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on 3,023 eligible treatment-utilizing cancer survivors with complete treatment were used. We performed descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression to examine the mentioned association. RESULTS: Among 3,023 eligible survivors, 67.7% of NHO/Hispanic survivors demonstrated lower CRC screening use compared with non-Hispanic White (82%) and NHB (89%) survivors ( P < .001). In multivariable analysis, having frequent (14-30 days) poor mental health was associated with lower odds of receiving CRC screening among NHB (odds ratio [OR], 0.32; 95% CI, 0.11 to 0.95) and NHO/Hispanic (OR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.81) survivors. Similar results in physical health were also found in NHB (OR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.13 to 0.91) and NHO/Hispanic (OR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.05 to 0.91) groups. Among those experienced both frequent poor mental and physical health, NHB/NHO/Hispanic were less likely to be screened for CRC (OR, 0.05; 95% CI, 0.02 to 0.10). CONCLUSION: NHO/Hispanic survivors demonstrated lower CRC screening use. Frequent poor mental and/or physical health was strongly associated with lower CRC screening use among NHB and NHO/Hispanic survivors. Our study suggests that cancer survivorship care considering mental and physical health status may improve adherence to CRC screening recommendation (for secondary cancer prevention) for NHB, NHO, and Hispanic survivors.

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Racial/Ethnic Disparity in the Relationship of Mental and Physical Health With Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors

Tsai

Bevel

Andrzejak

2023

JCO Oncology Practice

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Psychological and Educational Interventions Among Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review to Analyze the Role of Immersive Virtual Reality for Improving Patients’ Well-Being

Sansoni

Malighetti

Riva

2022

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Previous studies show that the lack of information about cancer-related topics (e.g., diagnosis, treatments) and the impact of treatments' toxicity on patients' life, may undermine cancer patients' psychological well-being. Psycho-educational interventions are therefore implemented to support the oncological population. This systematic review aims to explore the state of art and effectiveness of psychological and educational interventions implemented using Virtual Reality, and designed for pediatric and adult cancer patients. Twenty studies were included in the review. Our findings show that psychological interventions predominantly use emotion-focused strategies (i.e., distraction) to reduce patients' emotional distress; educational studies prefer, on the contrary, cognitive-behavioral strategies (i.e., exposure) to restructure patients' beliefs, increasing their understanding of the procedure, and reducing situational anxiety. VR could be a promising and effective tool for supporting cancer patients' needs. However, since most of these VR interventions assign to the patient a passive role in coping with his or her diagnosis, future research should develop psychological and educational VR interventions that have the primary goal of rendering people with a cancer diagnosis active characters of their own psychological well-being, supporting in this way patients' empowerment.

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Reply to Depression as a predictor of disease progression and mortality in cancer patients

Cited by 2 publications

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Racial/Ethnic Disparity in the Relationship of Mental and Physical Health With Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors

Racial/Ethnic Disparity in the Relationship of Mental and Physical Health With Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors

Psychological and Educational Interventions Among Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review to Analyze the Role of Immersive Virtual Reality for Improving Patients’ Well-Being

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