(Lange termijn) effecten van behandeling

Gestructureerd lotgenotencontact, bestaande uit 9 bijeenkomsten, gebaseerd op de principes van acceptance and commitment therapy

Het aanbieden van een integratieve zorg naast het medisch parcours. Lotgenoten kunnen veel steun en tips van elkaar krijgen. Hierdoor voelen ze zich erkend. Dit heeft een positieve invloed op psychisch welzijn en kwaliteit van leven. 

Lymphedema is a distressing and chronic condition affecting up to 30% of breast cancer survivors. Using a cross-sectional study design, we examined the impact of self-reported lymphedema-related distress on psychosocial functioning among breast cancer survivors in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study. The Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study has a dataset that includes self-report data on lymphedema status, symptoms, and distress.

This study examined the physical and mental consequences of an ostomy among 1–10-year rectal cancer survivors.

Methods: Patients with rectal cancer diagnosed from 2000 to 2009, as registered in the population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry, received a questionnaire on quality of life (QOL; EORTC QLQ-C30), disease-specific health status (EORTC QLQ-CR38), depression and anxiety (HADS), illness perceptions (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire), and health care utilization; 76% (n = 1019) responded.

To explore men's experiences of their partner's altered physique and body image as a result of mastectomy and subsequent reconstructive surgeries.

Design: A systematic review of qualitative and mixed-methods studies.

The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the cognitive function, depression, anxiety, and sleep quality in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) before and after intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for long-term neurocognitive and psychosocial morbidities. Research has seldom examined the relationship between these morbidities; thus, little empirical evidence exists concerning overall salience and how morbidities converge to impair day-to-day functioning. An increased understanding of functional impairment resulting from the pediatric cancer experience can inform early risk identification as well as sources for intervention.

Patient-reported cognitive function can be measured using negatively worded items (concerns) and positively worded (abilities) items. It is possible that reporting abilities is less subject to the influence of emotional states. This study evaluated the relationship between cognitive concerns and cognitive abilities.

Qualitative research suggests that the wish to hasten death (WTHD) in the advanced stages of disease is mainly related to overall suffering. This quantitative study explores the relationship between the WTHD and psychological and physical factors, including survival, in patients with advanced cancer.