Emotions and Coping Strategies During Breast Cancer in Latina Women: A Focus Group Study

Castillo, Anabel; Mendiola, Jennifer; Tiemensma, Jitske

doi:10.1177/1540415319837680

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“…In this study, participants' overall score of coping strategies was high. However, the obtained score for the problem-focused subscale was higher than that of the emotion-focused subscale, which corroborates with the findings of other similar studies (19,20). It seems that female cancer patients adopt more coping strategies in order to deal with their mental health problems due to their high perceived stress levels and the high prevalence of COVID-19.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Quality of Life, and Coping Strategies of Women With Breast Cancer With Spinal Metastasis Under Chemotherapy

Charsouei¹,

Esfahlani²,

Dorosti³

et al. 2020

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Objectives: Women with breast cancer spinal metastases are highly prone to coronavirus disease 2019 , resulting in the incidence of stress in these women. The present study aimed to investigate the perceived stress and its effect on the quality of life (QoL) and coping strategies of female chemotherapy patients with breast cancer spinal metastases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted during February 20, 2020 and May 21, 2020 at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 61 female chemotherapy patients with breast cancer spinal metastases completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Billings, SF-36 questionnaire, and Moos' Coping Checklist. The data were analyzed in SPSS using the Pearson correlation coefficient test at the significance level of P < 0.05. Results:The overall perceived stress level of the participants was high (51.10 ± 2.45). The overall score of coping strategies was 46.10 ± 1.15 while the scores of problem-and emotion-focused subscales were 22.25 ± 1.41 and 30.42 ± 01.30, respectively. The perceived stress level had a significant correlation with overall coping (P = 0.009, r=0.8), emotion-focused coping (P = 0.04, r = 0.5), and problem-focused coping (P = 0.02, r = 0.6) strategies. Finally, the results showed poor relationships between problem-focused and physical health (P = 0.009, r = 0.4), problem-focused mental health (P = 0.01, r = 0.4), emotion-focused and physical health (P = 0.02, r = 0.3), and emotion-focused and mental health (P = 0.03, r = 0.3). Conclusions: Based on the findings, there are direct correlations between the perceived stress (strong) and QoL (poor) levels of female chemotherapy patients with breast cancer spinal metastases and their coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Quality of Life, and Coping Strategies of Women With Breast Cancer With Spinal Metastasis Under Chemotherapy

Charsouei¹,

Esfahlani²,

Dorosti³

et al. 2020

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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“…To date, doctors have not paid enough attention to the emotional pressure patients feel when confronted with a diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer [ 83 ]. Thus, social support (eg, support groups, online health communities, and eHealth mobile apps) can play an active role in assisting patients with stress management and providing high-quality care [ 84 , 85 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information Needs of Breast Cancer Patients: Theory-Generating Meta-Synthesis

Xie

Gerido

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Breast cancer has become one of the most frequently diagnosed carcinomas and the leading cause of cancer deaths. The substantial growth in the number of breast cancer patients has put great pressure on health services. Meanwhile, the information patients need has increased and become more complicated. Therefore, a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of their information needs is urgently needed to improve the quality of health care. However, previous studies related to the information needs of breast cancer patients have focused on different perspectives and have only contributed to individual results. A systematic review and synthesis of breast cancer patients’ information needs is critical. Objective This paper aims to systematically identify, evaluate, and synthesize existing primary qualitative research on the information needs of breast cancer patients. Methods Web of Science, EBSCO, Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed, PsycINFO, The Cochrane Library, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were searched on February 12 and July 9, 2019, to collect relevant studies. A Google Scholar search, interpersonal network recommendations, and reference chaining were also conducted. Eligible studies included qualitative or mixed-methods studies focusing on the information needs (across the cancer continuum) of breast cancer patients or their social networks. Subsequently, a Critical Appraisals Skills Programme checklist was used to assess the quality of included research. The results, findings, and discussions were extracted. Data analysis was guided by the theory-generating meta-synthesis and grounded theory approach. Results Three themes, 19 categories, and 55 concepts emerged: (1) incentives (physical abnormality, inquiry from others, subjective norm, and problems during appointments); (2) types of information needs (prevention, etiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestation, treatment, prognosis, impact and resumption of normal life, scientific research, and social assistance); (3) moderating variables (attitudes, health literacy, demographic characteristics, disease status, as well as political and cultural environment). The studies revealed that the information needs of breast cancer patients were triggered by different incentives. Subsequently, the patients sought a variety of information among different stages of the cancer journey. Five types of variables were also found to moderate the formation of information needs. Conclusions This study contributes to a thorough model of information needs among breast cancer patients and provides practical suggestions for health and information professionals.

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“…Uncertainty and anxiety about recurrence and side effects from treatment as well as the worst things like death increases psychological pressure on patients (Drageset, Christine and Underlid, 2016). Besides that the feeling that arises such as distrust of what happened and feeling angry about what happened to him is a bad thing for his life (Castillo, Mendiola and Tiemensma, 2019). However, although breast cancer causes psychological problems, the hope of healing triggers an effort to be made (Baniasadi, kashani and Jamshidifar, 2014;Ye et al, 2018;You et al, 2018) (Hernández et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Various studies on interventions have been carried out to improve coping mechanisms (Lotfi et al, 2014). However, not all interventions are suitable for practicing coping strategies in breast cancer patients (Castillo, Mendiola and Tiemensma, 2019). Depending on the person, culture, duration of illness and culture of each person (Jang and Kim, 2018;Mattei et al, 2018;Castillo, Mendiola and Tiemensma, 2019;Gok et al, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, not all interventions are suitable for practicing coping strategies in breast cancer patients (Castillo, Mendiola and Tiemensma, 2019). Depending on the person, culture, duration of illness and culture of each person (Jang and Kim, 2018;Mattei et al, 2018;Castillo, Mendiola and Tiemensma, 2019;Gok et al, 2019). It is important to identify the sources and coping mechanisms used (Lotfi et al, 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coping Mechanism in Women with Breast Cancer

Apriliyanti

Kusnanto

Suwito³

et al. 2019

JNK

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Background: Impaired coping mechanisms often occur in women with breast cancer. The purpose of this study is to determine the description of coping mechanisms in women with breast cancer who undergo chemorepy, radiation or both.Methods: The population in this study were women with breast cancer who underwent chemotherapy, radiation or both. Sampling was done by random sampling where the number of samples is 70. Taking data using the COPE Brief instrument.Result: Four indicators in the destructive category were acceptance (54.3%), denial (61.4%), emotional support (52.9%) and positive reframing (67.1%) while three indicators were mostly in the constructive category, namely self blame (60%), active (64.3) %), and Behavioral disengagement (72.9%).Conclusion: Four destructive indicators indicate poor avoidance and positive thinking in breast cancer patients, while 3 constructive indicators describe good problem solving. Assessment based on this indicator can be taken into consideration in the selection of appropriate interventions to improve coping mechanisms in breast cancer patients.

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Emotions and Coping Strategies During Breast Cancer in Latina Women: A Focus Group Study

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Quality of Life, and Coping Strategies of Women With Breast Cancer With Spinal Metastasis Under Chemotherapy

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Quality of Life, and Coping Strategies of Women With Breast Cancer With Spinal Metastasis Under Chemotherapy

Information Needs of Breast Cancer Patients: Theory-Generating Meta-Synthesis

Coping Mechanism in Women with Breast Cancer

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