scholarly journals Pain, acceptance of illness, adjustment to life with cancer and coping strategies in prostate cancer patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1459-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra I. Czerw ◽  
Urszula Religioni ◽  
Andrzej Deptała ◽  
Adam Fronczak
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Pain Acceptance ◽  
Illness Adjustment ◽  
Acceptance Of Illness ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Assessment of Pain Management, Acceptance of Illness, and Adjustment to Life with Cancer in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Krajewski ◽  
Małgorzata Mazur ◽  
Adrian Poterek ◽  
Agata Pastuszak ◽  
Urszula Halska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Invasive Bladder Cancer ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Fighting Spirit ◽  
Acceptance Of Illness ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Purpose. According to the European Association of Urology bladder cancer is the seventh most commonly diagnosed malignancy in the world’s male population. Despite its high incidence, papers evaluating psychological state in those patients’ group are lacking. The purpose of the study was to evaluate pain management, disease acceptance, and adjustment to cancer in homogenous group of patients diagnosed with nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Methods. Group of 252 male patients who were scheduled for NMIBC treatment were prospectively evaluated. Patients fulfilled Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC) and Coping Strategies (CSQ) questionnaires before treatment introduction. Results. Highest CSQ score was achieved by the coping self-statements subscale (mean=18,37). The catastrophizing subscale score was the lowest (mean=11,24). Place of residence affected results of CSQ statement about pain control. Catastrophizing and coping self-statements strategies were associated with matrimonial status. In the Mini-MAC questionnaire the fighting spirit way of coping had the highest (21,73) and the helplessness-hopelessness subscale had the lowest mean value (13,3). Matrimonial status was strongly associated with anxious preoccupation, fighting spirit, and helplessness – hopelessness way of coping. The mean AIS test score was 28.8. AIS result was influenced by patient’s marital status, yet not by education, place of residence, nor any clinical factor. Conclusions. In the examined group, the level of acceptance of the disease reached values that were slightly higher than the average. It indicated a fairly good adaptation to cancer. Among the methods of coping with cancer, the constructive style is definitely dominant with a high intensity of the fighting spirit strategy. The destructive style of cancer coping reached low values with a low intensity of helplessness/hopelessness strategy. From pain coping strategies, self-statements and praying/hoping were the most commonly chosen ways, whereas catastrophizing was the rarest. Many associations between various questioners’ results were also observed.

The Study and Comparison of the Severity of Coping Strategies and Defense Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer Patients, Healthy Individuals and Patients with Similar Localization Oncology

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S668-S668
Author(s):  
J. Gardanova ◽  
I. Abdullin ◽  
A. Chernov ◽  
D. Khritinin
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Psychosomatic Disease ◽  
Reaction Formation ◽  
Competing Interest

This project deals with the problem of emotional response to their disease in prostate cancer patients compared with healthy people and patients with similar localization of oncology diseases. As a result, it was found that in patients with prostate cancer pronounced such defense mechanisms as repression, denial and reaction formation, which may lead to psychosomatic disease. The coping strategies of the system in patients with prostate cancer is most pronounced, such a mechanism as a “distancing”. The results may contribute to the creation of a specific psychological rehabilitation for this group of patients the program.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Coping strategies and psychophysiological stress response of newly-diagnosed prostate cancer patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S223
Author(s):  
M.T. Melgarejo Segura ◽  
A. Jiménez Pacheco ◽  
A.M. Alvarez Belchi ◽  
M. Salinero Bachiller ◽  
A. Morales Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Psychophysiological Stress

scholarly journals Relationship Between Social Support and Coping Strategies and Disease Among the Cancer Patients of the City of Kerman

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
Soodeh Maghsoodi ◽  
◽  
Zahra Salehinejad ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Systematic Sampling Method ◽  
And Coping

Background: Cancer pain affects coping strategies in patients. Besides, social protection is a tool that helps to alter the patient’s encounter with cancer. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social support, coping, and disease strategies. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, and conducted using a self-made social support questionnaire and the Billings and Mouse coping strategies questionnaire. The study population consisted of all the cancer patients in Kerman City, from September 2016 to March 2017; it was estimated to include 1400 people. Based on the Cochran formula, the study sample size was calculated as 300 cancer patients, which were collected using a systematic sampling method. Also, data analysis was carried out using the Pearson tests and regression in SPSS V. 21. Results: The results showed a statistically significant association of social support and coping with the disease strategies (P<0.01). Moreover, problem-focused coping has the most positive and direct relationship with social support. Regression analysis also showed that emotional aspects (kindness and shared positive actions), service-practical support, and financial support can predict the coping strategies with disease. Conclusion: According to the results, it is recommended to formulate a comprehensive care program and increase social support to enhance the problem-focused coping strategies among cancer patients.

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