Post-traumatic growth 5 years after cancer: identification of associated actionable factors.
Support Care Cancer
; 30(10): 8261-8270, 2022 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35821449
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The number of cancer survivors is growing increasingly worldwide. The long-term negative consequences of the disease are now better known. Cancer may also foster positive outcomes. Some survivors consider life after cancer as the start of a new life and experience positive changes called post-traumatic growth (PTG) measured by a scale developed by Tedeschi and Calhoun.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this article was to explore actionable factors affecting PTG, particularly those in relation with health care management and those that reflected health behavior changes.METHODS:
This study included the 1,982 participants in the VICAN cohort who responded to the questionnaire on living conditions 2 and 5 years after diagnosis. Factors associated with a moderate or high PTG (score ≥ 63) were identified using logistic regressions.RESULTS:
Factors positively associated with moderate or high PTG were being satisfied with the time spent by health care team on information (OR1.35 [1.08;1.70]), increased physical activity (OR1.42 [1.04;1.95]) and healthier diet (OR1.85 [1.44;2.36]) since diagnosis, and having benefited from psychological support at diagnosis (OR1.53 [1.16;2.01]).CONCLUSION:
High PTG is positively associated with health behavior and time spent on information. Our findings suggest that appropriate clinical and educational interventions can help foster growth after the experience of cancer. Even if we do not know what causes what, it is admitted that the interventions leading to an increase of physical activity, for example, are good from all points of view.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Cancer Survivors
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Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Support Care Cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France