Causal attribution among women with breast cancer

Peuker, Ana Carolina; Armiliato, Maria Júlia; de, Souza, Luísa Vital; Castro, Elisa Kern de

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“…Spearman's nonparametric correlation test was employed to analyze the strength and direction of the relationship between illness perception, risk perception and sociodemographic variables. The open answers to the causes of the illness were classified according to the content, based on the criteria used in the literature (Peuker, Armiliato, Souza, & Castro, 2016). Two independent judges and experts in the subject assessed and categorized all the answers, and, in case of disagreement, a third judge set the appropriate category.…”

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“…Literature has shown that women who fall ill with breast cancer tend to blame and assign the etiology of the illness to emotional issues (e.g. family problems, sorrows, worries) (Kaptein et al, 2015;Peuker et al, 2016;Thomson et al, 2014). From an important event such as having cancer, perceptions about the illness, particularly causal attributions may be changed spontaneously so that the person can make sense of their illness (Peuker et al, 2016).…”

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“…family problems, sorrows, worries) (Kaptein et al, 2015;Peuker et al, 2016;Thomson et al, 2014). From an important event such as having cancer, perceptions about the illness, particularly causal attributions may be changed spontaneously so that the person can make sense of their illness (Peuker et al, 2016). In this sense, the illness experience can directly affect the way women attribute causes to their illness.…”

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Breast cancer prevention: what women think about the illness, its risks and self-care

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Background: Early detection of breast cancer (BC) is important to reduce mortality rates. To prevent BC, women should adopt self-care behaviors. This study aimed at examining risk and illness perception and self-care of healthy women regarding breast cancer. Methods: Participants were 211 women (M = 59.11 years, SD = 8.54) and with no personal history of the illness, selected by convenience. Measures were a sociodemographic, clinical and health behavior questionnaire, illness perception and risk perception questionnaires. Nonparametric statistics (Spearman) was employed to analyze the relationship between illness perception, risk perception and sociodemographic variables. The open answers to the causes of the illness were classified according to the content analysis. Results: We found a relationship between risk and illness perception and self-care in healthy women regarding BC. It was identified that women had reasonable illness coherence (M = 3.18) and considered the illness more timeline chronic than timeline acute (M = 3.22), reasonable timeline cyclical (M = 3.56), with severe consequences for health (M = 4.22), and reasonably threatening (M = 3.15). Conclusions: BC and risk perception and self-care are interrelated variables among healthy women. ***Prevenção do cancer de mama: o que as mulheres pensam sobre a doença, seus riscos e autocuidado***Introdução: A detecção precoce do câncer de mama (CM) é importante para reduzir as taxas de mortalidade. Para preveni-lo, a mulher deve adotar comportamentos de autocuidado em saúde. Esse estudo objetiva examinar a percepção de risco, a percepção da doença e o autocuidado de mulheres saudáveis com relação ao CM. Método: Participaram 211 mulheres (M = 59,11 anos; DP = 8,54) sem histórico de CM selecionados por conveniência. Os instrumentos foram questionário de dados sociodemográficos, clínicos e decomportamento em saúde, questionários de percepção da doença e percepção de risco. Estatística não paramétrica (Spearman) foi utilizada para analisar a relação entre percepção da doença, percepção de risco e variáveis sociodemográficas. As respostas abertas sobre as causas da doença foram classificadas segundo análise de conteúdo. Resultados: Observou-se que existe relação entre a percepção de risco e da doença, e autocuidado em mulheres saudáveis. Identificou-se que as mulheres têm razoável percepção de entendimento da doença (M = 3.18), a consideravam mais crônica que aguda (M = 3.22), razoavelmente cíclica (M = 3,56), com consequências graves à saúde (M = 4,22), e relativamente ameaçadora (M = 3,15). Conclusões: A percepção do CM, a percepção de risco e o autocuidado são variáveis inter-relacionadas em mulheres saudáveis.Palavras-chave: Neoplasias; Autorregulação; Câncer de mama; Autocuidado.

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“…The most common attributions in women with breast cancer in Western Australia were to mental or emotional factors (46.3%), especially stress, followed by lifestyle factors (38.6%) and physiological factors (37.5%), particularly relating to hormonal history (20). Brazilian woman with BC attributed breast cancer primarily to psychological causes (21). It was also found that the Dutch patients with BC think that the psychological factors mostly cause the disease (1).…”

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Evaluation of Illness Perception of Women with Breast Cancer in Turkey

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Like all other types of cancer, breast cancer (BC) is perceived as a life-threatening disease; it remains as a most frightening disease for women despite the important developments in its treatment. Moreover, BC is perceived as a disease that threatens both life and womanhood, includes physical, psychological, sexual and working-life problems, has recovery and exacerbation periods, and causes short-and long-period adjustment disorders (1, 2). According to the 2018 report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, BC is ranked as the second most frequent cancer (11.6%) in the world. (3) According to the 2015 data of Ministry of Health in Turkey, BC is ranked first among the first 10 types of cancer seen in women and its incidence is 52.5 in one hundred thousand (4). While the incidence of breast cancer is increasing in both our country and the world, knowing what breast cancer means for patients may be beneficial for reducing the mortality and morbidity of the disease. Illness is subjective; each person experiences it differently. Therefore, individual responses to illness are also different (5). The responses attributed to illness, beliefs about its course and duration, its perceived consequences, and special beliefs about it all affect the treatment and controllability of disease (6). How the experience of cancer is defined and perceived plays a crucial role in adjusting both to the disease and its treatment (7). Therefore, attention has been increasingly directed on the meaning attributed by patients to their cancer. Studies show that how the patients with BC perceive their illness is an important factor that determines adjustment to disease, the general distress level, psychosocial distress experienced by patients, and coping with stress (1, 8-10).

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“…Assim, apenas informação não é suficiente para mudar comportamento em saúde (Castro et al, 2015;Peuker, Armiliato, Souza & Castro, 2016), sendo necessário criar estratégias de educação em saúde baseado não só nas informações concretas da doença, mas nas crenças das pessoas a respeito delas (Lima, Peuker & Castro, 2016;Castro et al, 2015). Os materiais elaborados e destinados a ações de promoção em saúde devem abranger sempre estratégias de educação, incluindo conteúdos que propi-ciam a adesão dos pacientes a determinado tratamento e/ ou à prevenção de comportamento que levem aos fatores de risco de uma determinada doença (Gorayeb & Nakao, 2015).…”

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Elaboração e avaliação de material educativo sobre a prevenção do câncer de mama

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Duarte

2017

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Objetivo: Elaborar e avaliar a adequação de um material educativo para a prevenção do câncer de mama em mulheres. Método: O material educativo foi elaborado por pesquisadores da área de psicologia da saúde e sua avaliação foi feita por 34 profissionais da saúde (médicos, enfermeiras, nutricionistas). Utilizou-se um protocolo de avaliação do material educativo para a prevenção do câncer de mama. Os dados da avaliação foram analisados a partir de estatística descritiva e análise de conteúdo das respostas abertas. Resultados: Os profissionais da saúde avaliaram o material educativo de forma positiva, sugerindo pequenas alterações, como a exclusão do anticoncepcional como fator de risco, a inclusão do tabaco e uso de bebida alcoólica como fator de risco e mudanças nas características físicas das personagens. Conclusão: O material educativo está adequado ao público alvo e pode ser usado como material complementar em campanhas de educação em saúde para a prevenção do câncer de mama.

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Causal attribution among women with breast cancer

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Breast cancer prevention: what women think about the illness, its risks and self-care

Breast cancer prevention: what women think about the illness, its risks and self-care

Evaluation of Illness Perception of Women with Breast Cancer in Turkey

Elaboração e avaliação de material educativo sobre a prevenção do câncer de mama

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