Special Focus Section: Men, Masculinity, and Psychosocial Adjustment to Cancer

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment To Cancer

Clarifying “meaning” in the context of cancer research: A systematic literature review

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA LEE ◽  
S. ROBIN COHEN ◽  
LINDA EDGAR ◽  
ANDREA M. LAIZNER ◽  
ANITA J. GAGNON
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Global Meaning ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment To Cancer

Objectives: This article synthesizes the published literature related to the construct of meaning in the adult cancer population.Methods: The databases CancerLit, CINAHL, Medline, PsychINFO, and the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology and PsychoOncology were searched to identify all studies related to meaning. The methodological aspects of all studies are described and the conceptual aspects are summarized only from those studies that met criteria for methodological rigor and validity of findings. The definitions forglobal meaning, appraised meaning,search for meaning, andmeaning as outcomeas proposed by Park and Folkman were used to interpret the findings.Results: Of 44 studies identified, 26 met the criteria for methodological rigor. There is strong empirical and qualitative evidence of a relationship between meaning as an outcome of and psychosocial adjustment to cancer.Significance of results: The qualitative findings are considered useful for the development of psychosocial interventions aimed at helping cancer patients cope with and even derive positive benefit from their experience. However, variations in the conceptual and operational definitions, frequent reliance on homogeneous and convenience sampling, and the lack of experimental designs are considered to be methodological limitations that need to be addressed to advance the study of meaning in the context of cancer.

scholarly journals Effect of Internet peer-support groups on psychosocial adjustment to cancer: a randomised study

2010 ◽  
Vol 102 (9) ◽  
pp. 1348-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
M T Høybye ◽  
S O Dalton ◽  
I Deltour ◽  
P E Bidstrup ◽  
K Frederiksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Randomised Study ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment To Cancer

Psychosocial Adjustment to Cancer

2015 ◽  
pp. 272-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Hulbert-Williams ◽  
Gill Hubbard
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment To Cancer

scholarly journals Psychosocial adjustment to cancer and its associated factors in patients undergoing chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Taghadosi ◽  
Zeinab Tajamoli ◽  
Mohammad Aghajani
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment To Cancer

Background: Adjustment to cancer refers to functions adopted by an individual for sustaining health and well-being, and leads to a better life and improved quality of life. Failure to adjust causes anxiety, depression, distress, and behavioral problems. The aim of study was to assess psychosocial adjustment to cancer and its associated factors in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 260 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at a hospital center in Kashan, Iran in 2016. Data collection tools included demographic details, Psychological Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS), and adherence to religious beliefs (Temple). Samples were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were analyzed in SPSS-16 software using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The mean age of participants was 54.76±13.82 years, duration with cancer was 10.11±18.89 months, duration of treatment with chemotherapy was 4.8±6.2 months, and the mean score adjustment was 50.1±17.18. Adjustment was found to be significantly related to education, marital status, financial status, employment, and adherence to religious beliefs, but not to age, duration with cancer, duration of chemotherapy, or place of residence. Patients with no metastasis were better adjusted compared to other groups, with a significant difference from the other groups. Conclusion: More than half of patients had moderate to high levels of adjustment. Patients with poor education, self-employment, no family support, low adherence to religious beliefs, and with metastasis displayed poorer adjustment levels; all of these negatively affected their adjustment to cancer. Thus, patients undergoing chemotherapy need greater family, social, and economic support for adjustment.

Current concepts of the interventional treatment of proximal supraaortic vessel stenosis

VASA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernemann ◽  
Bender ◽  
Melms ◽  
Brechtel ◽  
Kobba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Carotid Bifurcation ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
Clinical Indication ◽  
Interventional Treatment ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Brachiocephalic Artery ◽  
Treatment Concepts ◽  
Angioplasty And Stenting

Interventional therapies using angioplasty and stenting of symptomatic stenosis of the proximal supraaortic vessels have evolved as safe and effective treatment strategies. The aim of this paper is to summarize the current treatment concepts for stenosis in the subclavian and brachiocephalic artery with regard to clinical indication, interventional technique including selection of the appropriate vascular approach and type of stent, angiographic and clinical short-term and long-term results and follow-up. The role of hybrid interventions for tandem stenoses of the carotid bifurcation and brachiocephalic artery is analysed. A systematic review of data for angioplasty and stenting of symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenosis is discussed with a special focus on restenosis rate.

Social Psychology and Noninvasive Electrical Stimulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo S. Boggio ◽  
Gabriel G. Rêgo ◽  
Lucas M. Marques ◽  
Thiago L. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Social Pain ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Social Decision ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
Social Decision Making ◽  
Brain Behavior

Abstract. Social neuroscience and psychology have made substantial advances in the last few decades. Nonetheless, the field has relied mostly on behavioral, imaging, and other correlational research methods. Here we argue that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an effective and relevant technique to be used in this field of research, allowing for the establishment of more causal brain-behavior relationships than can be achieved with most of the techniques used in this field. We review relevant brain stimulation-aided research in the fields of social pain, social interaction, prejudice, and social decision-making, with a special focus on tDCS. Despite the fact that the use of tDCS in Social Neuroscience and Psychology studies is still in its early days, results are promising. As better understanding of the processes behind social cognition becomes increasingly necessary due to political, clinical, and even philosophical demands, the fact that tDCS is arguably rare in Social Neuroscience research is very noteworthy. This review aims at inspiring researchers to employ tDCS in the investigation of issues within Social Neuroscience. We present substantial evidence that tDCS is indeed an appropriate tool for this purpose.

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