Evaluating the self‐assessed support needs of women with breast cancer

Lindop, Edward; Cannon, Sue

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01806.x

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“…In a study by Cannon and Lindop in 2001 titled "assessment of support needs in breast cancer women" results showed that 97.5% of subjects considered needs associated with diagnosis important (Lindop and Cannon, 2001) which disagrees with results of the present study, and this could be due to the difference in cultures and age of the subjects, and discrepancy in the stage and type of treatment.…”

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“…In a study by Lindop et al (2001), 97.5% of responding subjects considered diagnosis-related needs important (Lindop and Cannon, 2001). From all the above subjects, conclusion can be drawn that SASNs for women with breast cancer is a valid and reliable tool that can be used in clinical environments to screen perceived support needs of breast cancer patients.…”

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“…This tool was designed by Lindop et al (2001). In this questionnaire, questions were arranged according to the 5-point Likert scale (from not important at all to very important), and higher scores indicated higher importance of the subject for the patient.…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Self-Assessed Support Needs Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Cases

Ghaffari

Shali²,

Shoghi³

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: It has been found that support given to women with breast cancer has a positive effect upon their reactions to the illness and may even prolong their survival. Perceived support needs assessment in breast cancer women could be considered as a necessary part of nursing function. Aim: The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the self-assessed support needs (SASN) questionnaire into Persian language and to investigate its psychometric properties. Materials and Methods: After forward-backward translation of the questionnaire and making appropriate changes, we selected 160 women with breast cancer as our study sample. The psychometric properties of the SASN, including its internal consistency, test retest reliability, and construct validity were evaluated through the known-groups technique. Results: The calculated Kaiser Meyer Olkin was 0.756, indicating that the sample was sufficiently large to perform a satisfactory factor analysis. The six factors all together explained 50.7% of the variance; the first factor (diagnosing) explaining the biggest part of variance (10.9). Internal consistency reliability was 0.83 for the whole scale and the stability of test was 0.78. For the first factor, Cronbach's alpha was 0.90 and factor loadings of scale's items were found to deal with diagnosis subscale. The domains described patients' diagnosis, treatment, support, femininity and body image, family and friends and information. Conclusions: The reliability and validity of the adapted version of the SASN was shown to be satisfactory. Thus, it can be used to investigate self-assessed support needs of Iranian women suffering from breast cancer since the SASN is a multi-domain scale.

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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Self-Assessed Support Needs Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Cases

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Shali²,

Shoghi³

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Loss of a spouse also may contribute to a deficit in having physical needs met and dissatisfaction with decisions that had been made due to absence of a source of support. Lindop and Cannon (2001) found that acceptance of a changed appearance from a husband or partner was viewed as crucial to adjusting after a breast cancer diagnosis and support from a significant other is beneficial in decreasing psychosocial concerns especially when it is related to skin changes or loss of a body part. Furthermore, death of a spouse may be similar to the cancer experience described by rural patients in the Bettencourt (2007) study.…”

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Exploration of How Women Make Treatment Decisions After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Spittler¹,

Pallikathayil²,

Bott³

2012

Oncology Nursing Forum

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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women. Although much research has been conducted on physical and psychosocial adjustment after the diagnosis of the disease, little is known about how women make treatment decisions following a breast cancer diagnosis. Therefore, this study examined the information needs women have after receiving the diagnosis of breast cancer, investigated how decisions are made about treatment options, and assessed the personal responses to the decisions made. A mixed methods approach using quantitative and qualitative data was used as the research design.The sample consisted of 102 breast cancer survivors that had completed all forms of treatment for at least three months and less than five years were recruited from a Midwestern academic medical center and a Midwestern private plastic surgery practice setting. In Phase I participants completed a demographic participant information form and five questionnaires about informational needs, confidence and satisfaction with the decision, decisional regret, and conflict. In Phase II, 16 participants were purposively sampled from the 102 survivors to participate in a focus group session. Data analysis included frequencies and multiple regression for Phase I and qualitative content analysis for Phase II.Findings from the study found that the women after being diagnosed with breast cancer viewed informational needs as very important in making treatment decisions. This study has facilitated the understanding of how women make treatment decisions after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Implications for members of the treatment team are to provide the information with consideration of the patient's personal preferences that will assist women to make informed, confident, and satisfied decisions about treatment choices.v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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“…The loss of a breast can therefore adversely impact upon body image, feelings of femininity, sexuality and sense of self (Falk Dahl et al, 2010;Manderson & Stirling, 2007). Following surgery, women can report feeling mutilated or like a part of them is missing (Kunkel et al, 2002;Lindop & Cannon, 2001). Mastectomy and scarring from surgery in particular, have also been found to have a profoundly negative impact on body image and feelings of sexuality (Sheppard & Ely, 2008).…”

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Physical and psychological scars: the impact of breast cancer on women's body image

Lewis‐Smith

2015

Journal of Aesthetic Nursing

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Lewis-Smith, H. (2015) Physical and psychological scars: The impact of breast cancer on women's body image. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 4 (2). pp. 80-83. ISSN 2050-3717 UWE makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited. UWE makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights. UWE accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT. Body image concerns among women with breast cancer Helena Lewis-Smith is a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol. AbstractWhilst breast cancer remains the most common cancer amongst women in the United Kingdom, advances in medicine have seen survival rates improve over the years and the number of women living with the residual consequences of the disease and its treatment is growing. Women are likely to undergo a number of treatments at once, or in succession of one another, each of which brings about various changes to appearance, e.g. hair loss. These wide ranging appearance alterations can impose an adverse impact on body image, causing substantial distress for many women (Dahl et al., 2010).This article reviews research exploring the body image of women with breast cancer, a group who experience a wide range of changes to their appearance as a side effect of treatment for the disease.

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Evaluating the self‐assessed support needs of women with breast cancer

Abstract: With the above three exceptions, women experienced a high level of need associated with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Studies of this kind should enable resources to be targeted to areas of highest need.

Cited by 62 publications

References 29 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Self-Assessed Support Needs Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Cases

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Self-Assessed Support Needs Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Cases

Exploration of How Women Make Treatment Decisions After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Physical and psychological scars: the impact of breast cancer on women's body image

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