An Outline of the Need for Psychology Knowledge in Health Professionals: Implications for Community Development and Breast Cancer Prevention

Ahmadian, Maryam; Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abu; Saidu, Mohammed Bashir

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.12.5097

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“…Further, personal motivation to seek out and engage in individual preventive actions for breast cancer prevention among Asian women is a timely, high priority target with practical implications for health promotion. This study also provides a vision on psychological knowledge among health professionals towards supporting breast cancer secondary prevention efforts for community development in Asian countries (Ahmadian and Abu Samah, 2013;Ahmadian and Abu Samah, 2014).…”

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Relationship between Body Image and Breast Self-examination Intentions and Behaviors among Female University Students in Malaysia

Samah

Ahmadian²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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This study aimed to examine the relationship between body image satisfaction and breast self-screening behaviors and intentions. The sample for this cross-sectional study consisted of 842 female university students who were recruited from a number of public and private universities. Data were obtained between the months of November and December, 2013, using multistage random cluster sampling. Main research variables were breast cancer screening behavior and intentions, demographic factors, and the total scores on each of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ-Appearance Scales) subscales. Results of multivariate analysis showed that having higher satisfaction and more positive evaluation of appearance were related to having performed breast self-examination more frequently in the last year and intending to perform breast self-examination more frequently in the next year. Longitudinal research can potentially provide detailed information about overall body image satisfaction and breast cancer screening behavior among various communities.

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Relationship between Body Image and Breast Self-examination Intentions and Behaviors among Female University Students in Malaysia

Samah

Ahmadian²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Patients with cancer consistently experience different degrees of negative emotions during their diagnosis and treatment, 3 especially patients with breast cancer, 4 , 5 of whom 30–40% show negative emotions 6 including anxiety or depression. 7 The negative emotions can impact their prognosis, and about 60% of patients with metastatic breast cancer are complicated by anxiety and depression.…”

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Non-Inferiority Study on the Precise Implementation of Multidisciplinary Continuous Nursing Intervention in Patients with Breast Cancer Experiencing Negative Emotions

Shen¹,

Wang²,

Фан³

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CMAR

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Objective To explore the precise implementation methods of multidisciplinary continuous nursing intervention in patients with breast cancer experiencing negative emotions. Methods About 30–40% of breast cancer patients have negative emotions, and negative emotions can increase the risk of breast cancer death. Team psychological intervention is helpful to improve negative emotions. How to effectively and accurately implement the multidisciplinary continuous nursing model needs further research.We designed a retrospective analysis of 750 patients with breast cancer in our hospital was made. Their baseline characteristics and follow-up data, pre-treatment self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) scores, and scores in the follow-up period after the treatment (SAS_A) were included in the analysis to verify the correlation between an SAS_A score and a prognosis. Risk prediction models were established for the SAS_A score, and they were screened and verified. A non-inferiority study was conducted through the models to explore the feasibility of the precise multidisciplinary continuous nursing intervention in patients with breast cancer experiencing negative emotions. Results The prognosis could be distinguished with the SAS_A scores; AUC = 0.8306, a p-value of <0.0001, and cut-off = 53.5. Based on the Kaplan–Meier (K-M) analysis, the rate of no disease progression of the group with relatively high SAS_A scores was significantly lower than that with relatively low SAS_A scores and a p-value of <0.0001. A regression analysis was conducted to screen variables including income, operation, family, religion, and SAS scores. The fit.select.v1.lrm model was established, and its concordance index (C-index) was 0.676 (0.622, 0.729). Based on the model calibration curve, Prob = 0.4 was selected. In accordance with the non-inferiority design, the minimum 95% confidence interval (CI) of the mean value difference of the two groups should be greater than the cut-off value. If λ = 20%, the cut-off value was 1.316, and 95% CI was (1.198, 1.4336); the possibility of non-inferiority was refused, but their mean value difference was very close. Conclusion It is feasible to precisely implement the multidisciplinary continuous nursing intervention in patients with breast cancer experiencing negative emotions based on the prediction model, but further study is required.

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Cancer Risk Studies and Priority Areas for Cancer Risk Appraisal in Uganda

Jatho

Tran

Cambia

et al. 2020

Annals of Global Health

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Background: Research into aetiologies and prevention of the commonest cancers and implementation of primary and secondary prevention can reduce cancer risk and improve quality of life. Moreover, monitoring the prevalence of cancer risk factors in a specific population helps guide cancer prevention and early detection efforts and national cancer control programming. Objective: This article aims to provide the scope and findings of cancer risk studies conducted in Uganda to guide researchers, health-care professionals, and policymakers. Methods: Between November 2019 to January 2020, we searched peer-reviewed published articles in Pubmed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library (Cochrane central register of controlled trials-CENTRAL). We followed the recommendation of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses – the PRISMA. The primary focus was to identify cancer risk and prevention studies conducted in Uganda and published in peer-reviewed journals from January 2000 and January 2020. We used key Boolean search terms with their associated database strings. Results: We identified 416 articles, screened 269 non-duplicate articles and obtained 77 full-text articles for review. Out of the 77 studies, we identified one (1%) randomized trial, two (2.5%) retrospective cohort studies and 14 (18%) case-control studies, 46 (60%) cross-sectional studies, five (6.4%) ecological studies, three panel studies (4%) and six (8%) qualitative studies. Cervical cancer was the most studied type of cancer in Uganda (23.4%, n = 18 studies), followed by lymphomas – both Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin sub-types (20.7%), n = 16 studies) and breast cancer (15.6%, n = 12 studies). In lymphoma studies, Burkitt lymphoma was the most studied type of lymphoma (76%, n = 13 studies). The studies concentrated on specific cancer risk awareness, risk perceptions, attitudes, uptake of screening, uptake of human papillomavirus vaccination, the prevalence of some of the known cancer risk factors and obstacles to accessing screening services. Conclusion: The unmet need for comprehensive cancer risk and prevention studies is enormous in Uganda. Future studies need to comprehensively investigate the known and putative cancer risk factors and prioritize the application of the higher-hierarchy evidence-generating epidemiological studies to guide planning of the national cancer control program.

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An Outline of the Need for Psychology Knowledge in Health Professionals: Implications for Community Development and Breast Cancer Prevention

Cited by 5 publications

References 55 publications

Relationship between Body Image and Breast Self-examination Intentions and Behaviors among Female University Students in Malaysia

Relationship between Body Image and Breast Self-examination Intentions and Behaviors among Female University Students in Malaysia

Non-Inferiority Study on the Precise Implementation of Multidisciplinary Continuous Nursing Intervention in Patients with Breast Cancer Experiencing Negative Emotions

Cancer Risk Studies and Priority Areas for Cancer Risk Appraisal in Uganda

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