Psychological distress two years after diagnosis of breast cancer: frequency and prediction.
Patient Educ Couns
; 40(3): 209-17, 2000 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-10838000
ABSTRACT
The present prospective study aimed at (1) investigating the frequency of high levels of psychological distress in women with early-stage breast cancer almost two years after diagnosis and (2) identifying characteristics associated with long-term distress. One hundred and seventy women participated on two occasions. Two months after surgery, patients completed questionnaires measuring psychosocial variables (e.g., stressful life-events, health complaints, sleep problems, social support, subjective distress, personality factors), demographic and biomedical variables (e.g., TNM status, type of surgery). At the second measurement, subjective distress was assessed for a second time by means of the Impact of Events Scale (IES). Almost two years after diagnosis, 16% of the women reported a high level of psychological distress as measured by the Intrusion scale (IES). Best predictors of a high level of distress were intrusive thoughts about the disease, trait-anxiety, health complaints and problems with sleeping. No significant association was found between previous life-events, social support or biomedical variables and levels of distress.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Asunto principal:
Estrés Psicológico
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Patient Educ Couns
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
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Países Bajos