scholarly journals Perceived social support change in patients with early stage breast cancer and controls.

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 886-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess Thompson ◽  
Thomas L. Rodebaugh ◽  
Maria Pérez ◽  
Mario Schootman ◽  
Donna B. Jeffe
2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 459-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelda Samarel ◽  
Lorraine Tulman ◽  
Jacqueline Fawcett

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1084-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie L. Green ◽  
Janice L. Krupnick ◽  
Julia H. Rowland ◽  
Steven A. Epstein ◽  
Patricia Stockton ◽  
...  

PURPOSE: To identify predictors of psychiatric problems in women with early-stage breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred sixty women with early-stage breast cancer were recruited from three treatment centers. They filled out self-report questionnaires, including a medical history and demographic survey, the Trauma History Questionnaire, Life Event Questionnaire, Brief Symptom Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire, and were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that four of five variable sets made a significant incremental contribution to outcome prediction, with 35% to 37% of the variance explained. Outcomes were predicted by demographic variables, trauma history variables, precancer psychiatric diagnosis, recent life events, and perceived social support. Cancer treatment variables did not predict outcome. CONCLUSION: The findings highlight the important roles of trauma history and recent life events in adjustment to cancer and have implications for screening and treatment.


2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Alferi ◽  
Charles S. Carver ◽  
Michael H. Antoni ◽  
Sharlene Weiss ◽  
Ron E. Durán

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminah Jatoi ◽  
Hyman Muss ◽  
Jake B. Allred ◽  
Harvey J. Cohen ◽  
Karla Ballman ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hege Lilleskare Sørensen ◽  
Tore Kr. Schjølberg ◽  
Milada Cvancarova Småstuen ◽  
Inger Utne

Abstract Background A large number of women with breast cancer suffer from fatigue, and social support is described as having a positive impact on health in stressful life situations. The aim of this study is to evaluate social support in a sample of early-stage breast cancer outpatients with fatigue during treatment, and to evaluate the association between cancer-related fatigue and social support and between social support and demographic and treatment characteristics. Method This cross-sectional study includes 160 outpatients with early-stage breast cancer and cancer-related fatigue. The patients were recruited from clinics at a university-based cancer centre in Norway. The research instruments included The Social Provisions Scale (SPS), which measures ‛attachment’, ‛social integration’, ‛reassurance of worth’, and ‛nurturance’, and a fatigue questionnaire (FQ), which measures total, physical and mental fatigue. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and linear regression analysis. Results Median total score for SPS was 59 (min/max = 39/64). Significant associations were found between mental fatigue and the provisions ‛reassurance of worth’ (B = − 0.34, 95% CI = [− 0.60; − 0.08]) and ‛nurturance’ (B = 0.20, 95% CI = [0.08; 0.31]). In addition, an association was found between social support and living with someone (B = 6.09, 95% CI = [4.07; 8.11]). No associations were found between physical fatigue and social support or between social support and treatment variables. Conclusions To a large extent, breast cancer patients with fatigue in this study experienced social support from their surroundings. The fact that there were significant associations between mental fatigue and two of the provisions of SPS suggests that social support is more closely related to mental fatigue than to physical fatigue. Findings from this study suggest that living with someone is important for the experience of social support during treatment for breast cancer. Clinicians need to evaluate demographic characteristics in relation to social support in early-stage breast cancer patients with fatigue.


2016 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess Thompson ◽  
Thomas L. Rodebaugh ◽  
Maria Pérez ◽  
James Struthers ◽  
Julianne A. Sefko ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda L. Den Oudsten ◽  
Guus L. Van Heck ◽  
Alida F. W. Van der Steeg ◽  
Jan A. Roukema ◽  
Jolanda De Vries

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