Coping Styles in Identifiers and Nonidentifiers of a Breast Lump as a Problem

Styra, Rima; Sakinofsky, Isaac; Mahoney, Leo J.; Colapinto, Nicholas D.; Currie, Donald J.

doi:10.1016/s0033-3182(93)71927-1

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“…Styra et al . (1993) found anxiety levels of women attending a clinic for the first time with a breast lump to be higher than normal levels for working adult women.…”

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“…Some studies allowed for a previous history of mental health problems or certain personality traits by either comparing or removing subjects from the analysis where appropriate or excluding them from the study. Styra et al . (1993) showed that those patients who selfreported a previous psychiatric history had higher scores on anxiety and depression.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other research has suggested that avoidance may actually be a beneficial means of coping with a stressful situation. Styra et al . (1993) used a problem‐solving interview to look at problem tackling and problem avoidance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, MacFarlane and Sony (1992) found that there was a significant relationship between time delay and stress, with delays being positively associated with higher levels of stress. Styra et al . (1993) concluded that what might be perceived as negative coping mechanisms can have positive effects in some situations by acting as a buffer to anxiety.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sample type is also an issue. Some studies only sampled women with a breast lump, ignoring other types of benign disorder, or only sampled those who had a breast biopsy performed under general anaesthetic (MacFarlane & Sony 1992, Styra et al . 1993, Benedict et al .…”

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Women’s anxieties surrounding breast disorders: a systematic review of the literature

Woodward

Webb

2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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A systematic review of the research literature published in English between 1990 and 1999 was carried out to discover whether women with benign breast disorders suffer similar amounts of anxiety to women with breast cancer in the time between discovery of the problem and receiving a diagnosis, to include the immediate postdiagnosis phase. The study was limited to primary research papers with explicit methodology applicable to hospital specialist breast clinics where the main focus of the papers was anxiety and/or psychological distress. Studies focusing exclusively on routine breast screening or exclusively on women with previously diagnosed breast cancer were omitted. A protocol for the review was agreed at the outset, addressing selection criteria, search procedures, methods of data extraction and analysis, and dissemination. Search terms were refined as the study progressed. A data extraction tool was constructed based on Benton and Cormack's framework (Benton & Cormack 1996, pp. 80-81). An initial search revealed 89 papers. Fourteen papers were found to meet the criteria for inclusion. The main findings were that women with benign breast disorders and those with breast cancer suffered from similar levels of anxiety and psychological distress in the period from first being aware of the problem up to the time of receiving a diagnosis. Anxiety levels were found to fall more quickly in women with benign disorders postdiagnosis. Methodological flaws were detracted from the rigour of many of the studies. Implications for practice are discussed.

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“…Styra et al . (1993) found anxiety levels of women attending a clinic for the first time with a breast lump to be higher than normal levels for working adult women.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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