The Relationship between Breast Cancer Anxiety and Mammography: Experiential Avoidance as a Moderator

Miller, Sarah; O’Hea, Erin L.; Lerner, Jennifer Block; Moon, Simon; Foran-Tuller, Kelly A.

doi:10.1080/08964289.2011.614291

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“…Cancer-related worry or anxiety strongly motivates most women to take preventive action [109, 172–175]; particularly high levels of worry may also impede adherence to surveillance recommendations among some groups [176–178]. Some women are motivated to undertake preventive action through fear of abandoning their children, but others avoid surgeries that might cause their children to worry [140, 159].…”

Section: Women’s Prevention Decision Makingmentioning

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Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk

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Several medical management approaches have been shown to be effective in preventing breast cancer and detecting it early among women at elevated risk: 1) prophylactic mastectomy; 2) prophylactic oophorectomy; 3) chemoprevention; and 4) enhanced screening routines. To varying extents, however, these approaches are substantially underused relative to clinical practice recommendations. This article reviews the existing research on the uptake of these prevention approaches, the characteristics of women who are likely to use various methods, and the decision-making processes that underlie the differing choices of women. It also highlights important areas for future research, detailing the types of studies that are particularly needed in four key areas: documenting women’s perspectives on their own perceptions of risk and prevention decisions; explicit comparisons of available prevention pathways and their likely health effects; the psychological, interpersonal, and social processes of prevention decision making; and the dynamics of subgroup variation. Ultimately, this research could support the development of interventions that more fully empower women to make informed and values-consistent decisions, and to move towards favorable health outcomes.

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Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk

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“…Accordingly, experiential avoidance has been implicated in the aetiology and maintenance of diverse forms of psychopathology, including anxiety‐related disorders , post‐traumatic stress disorder , depression , and substance‐related disorders . Experiential avoidance has also been linked to several health problems; it has, for example, been implicated in the maintenance of cigarette smoking ; it has been found to mediate the relationship between bowel disease symptomatology and QoL , and to function as a moderator between breast cancer anxiety and mammography use .…”

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The relevance of experiential avoidance in breast cancer distress: insights from a psychological group intervention

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“…Being a barrier for women to display early diagnosis behaviors of breast cancer; fear emerges with the thoughts of encountering with a positive result, losing the breast, facing serious problems due to the diagnosis of cancer, losing control over life, as well as the thoughts about death, pain and ache. 10,25 In the study conducted by Miller et al 26 on 84 women, they determined a significant correlation between fear of breast cancer and behaviors of having mammography. Aro et al 27 determined that fear, which is one of barriers for women to participate in mammography screenings, negatively affected the early diagnosis behavior at the rate of 21%.…”

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Assessment of results of the mammography screenıngs among women older than 40 years ın a resıdentıal area

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Demir²,

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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com examination (BSE) every month as from the age of 20 years, clinical breast examination (CBE) in at least every 3 years between the ages of 20-39 years, and both CBE and mammography every year as from the age of 40 years.3 According to the national breast cancer screening standards in Turkey; women are recommended to have breast self examination every month as from the age of 20 years, CBE in every 2 years between the ages of 20-40 years and every year between the ages of 40-69 years, and mammography in every two years between the ages of 40-69 years. 4 On the other hand, women have a lower rate of displaying early diagnosis behaviors of breast cancer. The studies conducted in Turkey have reported that women have insufficient early diagnosis behaviors of breast cancer. As a result of a study, it was determined that while women aged 20 and older regularly had regularly BSE at the rate of 23.4%, women aged 40 and older had mammography at the rate of 3.2%. 8 Reasons behind why women do not have early diagnosis behaviors of breast cancer involve some factors such as negligence towards screenings, forgetfulness, lack of knowledge, low educational level, time limitation, insufficient income status, inaccessibility to healthcare services, lack of health insurance, failure of getting an appointment, shame for examination/denominational beliefs, no support from family, no advice from the medical personnel, and belief of fatalism. 9On the other hand, factors like fear regarding screening methods, diagnosis of breast cancer, and losing breasts are important in terms of determining the early diagnosis behaviors of women. 10,11Breast cancer continues to threaten life despite the advancements in health sciences, development of early diagnosis methods, and the increasing sensitivity of society on this issue 3 . Thus, every community is required to reveal the risks of breast cancer, determine the risk groups, and extend its screening programs.12,13 Breast cancer could be treated and it has a very high rate of survival when it is diagnosed in early period, which makes the role of healthcare professionals and especially the nurses more important.14 Important responsibilities of nurses involve participating in breast cancer screening programs, enabling women to regularly display screening behaviors (mammography, CBE and BSE), developing and extending early diagnosis studies, and having an active role in participation in programs. [14][15][16] It is also important for nurses to motivate and support women for increasing early diagnosis behaviors. 17,18 This cross-sectional study was conducted for the purpose of determining the breast cancer risk levels of women older than 40 in a residential area, gaining the habit of having mammography, which is among the early screening programs, directing them for mammography, and assessing the results of mammography.

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The Relationship between Breast Cancer Anxiety and Mammography: Experiential Avoidance as a Moderator

Cited by 22 publications

References 29 publications

Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk

Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk

The relevance of experiential avoidance in breast cancer distress: insights from a psychological group intervention

Assessment of results of the mammography screenıngs among women older than 40 years ın a resıdentıal area

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