Door kristin.amssoms op Di, 12/08/2014 - 20:15
Abstract: Many women describe ‘positive adjustment’ as a consequence of having breast cancer. It is unclear whether positive experiences reflect the absence of anxiety and depression or are part of a separate process of adjustment. Existing measures are not specific to breast cancer and may lack validity. Our aims were as follows: (1) to develop a valid questionnaire to measure positive adjustment after breast cancer; (2) to clarify whether it measures aspects distinct from anxiety and depression and (3) to suggest when positive adjustment typically emerges.
Door kristin.amssoms op Di, 12/08/2014 - 15:57
Abstract: This cross-sectional study investigated the relationships between individual differences in coping and catastrophizing, and markers of adaptation to chronic pain associated with breast cancer. Sixty-eight breast cancer patients with chronic pain due to either cancer or cancer-treatment were administered self-report instruments that assess active and passive coping, catastrophizing, pain, disability, and mood disturbance. Regression analyses were performed to investigate the unique contribution of differences in coping and catastrophizing to the various markers of adaptation.
Door eva.jacobs op Vr, 08/08/2014 - 15:27
Kanker is een ingrijpende ziekte waar mensen uit verschillende culturen anders tegenaan kijken. De manier waarop de zorg in België is geregeld en de manier waarop dokters en verpleegkundigen met patiënten omgaan, sluit niet altijd aan bij de manier van leven van allochtone gezinnen. Tot op heden werd er weinig onderzoek gedaan bij allochtone kinderen met kanker en hun ouders. Over hun manier van omgaan met de ziekte, hun 'coping' en welke effecten dit heeft op de levenskwaliteit is nauwelijks iets geweten.
Door eva.jacobs op Vr, 08/08/2014 - 14:57
Deze studie had tot doel de zorg voor de oncologische patiënten binnen ons ziekenhuis te optimaliseren. De literatuur toont aan dat de manier waarop informatie wordt verstrekt aan de patiënt en zijn/haar naasten bij het geven van psychosociale zorg een belangrijke rol speelt. Het bleek echter dat niet enkel communicatievaardigheden belangrijk zijn, maar dat ook persoonsgebonden factoren een rol spelen.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor among women in the industrialized world. The vast majority of these tumors can now be successfully treated. A subset of breast cancer survivors report quality of life (QOL) difficulties well after treatment is completed. The current study examined how individual differences in attachment style and self-regulatory capacity (as indexed by respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)) were associated QOL among post-treatment breast cancer survivors.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: During cancer, coping strategies adopted by patients with prostate cancer and their spouses have an effect on their own emotional state and quality of life (QoL). However, the effects of coping strategies used by a member of a couple on the well-being of the other member are unknown. The aim of this study is to examine the dyadic effects of coping strategies on the emotional state and QoL of couples dealing with cancer.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: Adequate knowledge of prognosis is a prerequisite for planning appropriate end-of-life (EOL) care. However, questions remain about whether the association between prognostic under- standing and EOL-care intensity reflects terminally ill cancer patients’ preferences for EOL care. This study investigated the associations between accurate prognostic understanding and EOL-care prefer- ences, and identified correlates of accurate prognostic understanding.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract:Fatigue is the most frequently occurring and distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer, caused by multiple factors. Neither a specific histological diagnosis of malignancy nor the type of anticancer treatment seem to be strongly related to fatigue, which support the idea that other factors may play a role. This study investigated to what extent the model of fatigue-perpetuating factors that is known for cancer survivors was applicable for patients with advanced cancer.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: The aim was to investigate the influence of parents’ negative mood state and parenting stress on behavior in children with newly diagnosed cancer.
Methods: A total of 123 parents (n = 58 fathers, n = 65 mothers) of 67 children with newly diagnosed cancer completed three questionnaires separately at the same time measuring parents’ negative mood state, parenting stress, and child behavior problems.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: Earlier diagnosis of cancer has become a policy priority. There is evidence that minority ethnic groups are more likely to delay help-seeking for cancer symptoms, but few studies have explored reasons for delay in these groups. The present study explored facilitators and barriers to help-seeking for breast and cervical cancer in an ethnically diverse sample of women.
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