Factors Influencing Posttraumatic Growth in Cancer Survivors

Park, Jeong Sook; Kim, You-Jeong; Ryu, Young-Seun; Park, Mi-Hyang

doi:10.5388/aon.2018.18.1.30

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“…It acts as a buffer in dealing with stresses coming from daily life or unexpected situations. PTG was found to improve the quality of life with better relationships, decreased depression or suicidal ideation, and increased willingness to participate in health‐promoting activities (Frazier et al, 2001; Park et al, 2018; Yu et al, 2010). Therefore, there is a need to help ICU nurses proceed to PTG achievement, rather than let them proceed in a psychopathological direction, to improve the quality of patients' care as well as the mental health of ICU nurses.…”

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Predictors of posttraumatic growth of intensive care unit nurses in Korea

Chang

HyeJin

Jang

2021

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Aim Nurses working in intensive care units are repeatedly exposed to trauma (e.g., verbal or physical abuse by confused patients, and unexpected death). However, after experiencing traumatic events, not all intensive care unit nurses develop psychopathological issues, including posttraumatic stress disorder. Therefore, this study aims to examine the level of posttraumatic growth and psychosocial factors such as posttraumatic stress symptoms, deliberate rumination, wisdom, and self‐compassion to predict posttraumatic growth in Korean intensive care unit nurses. Methods A total of 156 intensive care unit nurses participated in this cross‐sectional survey. Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress symptoms, deliberate rumination, wisdom, and self‐compassion were measured using validated self‐report scales, and data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Result Posttraumatic growth was found to be comparatively low in intensive care unit nurses, while multiple regression showed that positive self‐compassion was the most significant predictor for posttraumatic growth, followed by wisdom, age, and deliberate rumination. All together four variables explained 30% of the variance in posttraumatic growth. Conclusion Findings from this study suggest that intensive care unit nurses' posttraumatic growth may be enhanced by increasing positive self‐compassion, wisdom, and deliberate rumination. Therefore, a paradigm shift focusing on possible positive pathways, such as development of mental health programs to improve posttraumatic growth for intensive care unit nurses is required rather than focusing on management of posttraumatic stress disorder. The results of this study could provide theoretical guidance to seek more effective and integrated intervention strategies for intensive care unit nurses.

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“…Most previous PTG studies were conducted for cancer patients (Park et al, 2018), natural disaster survivors (Yu et al, 2010), and sexual assault victims (Frazier et al, 2001). However, there have been few studies exploring predictors of PTG of ICU nurses.…”

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Predictors of posttraumatic growth of intensive care unit nurses in Korea

Chang

HyeJin

Jang

2021

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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“…Social support can provide individuals with resources to cope with traumatic events, which can make it easier for patients to eliminate trauma-relayed cues. A previous study (50) showed that patients with lower social support were more likely to experience intrusive rumination. Intrusive rumination is considered as a negative coping style, which makes it difficult for patients to find positive meaning in trauma events (51), further affecting their spiritual well-being.…”

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Social Support and Spiritual Well-Being of Patients With Esophageal Cancer Aged Over 50 Years: The Mediating Role of Rumination

Xue

Pan

2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundSpiritual well-being plays an important role in helping patients cope with disease. Previous studies have investigated the association between social support and spiritual well-being, whereas few studies have explored the relationship in patients with esophageal cancer (EC), and the mechanisms behind this pathway have not been thoroughly examined.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the relationship between social support and spiritual well-being of Chinese patients with EC aged over 50 years and to analyze whether the relationship was mediated by rumination.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted with 197 EC patients. Participants completed the general information questionnaire, the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual Scale, the Chinese Event Related Rumination Inventory, and the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS).ResultsResults demonstrated that social support of patients with EC aged over 50 years was positively correlated with spiritual well-being and deliberate rumination and negatively correlated with intrusive rumination; spiritual well-being was positively associated with deliberate rumination and negatively correlated with intrusive rumination. The effect of social support on spiritual well-being was partially mediated by deliberate rumination and intrusive rumination.ConclusionsThe findings suggest that interventions directed toward enhancing social support and deliberate rumination and reducing the level of intrusive rumination may help patients with EC aged over 50 years improve spiritual well-being.

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“…In terms of the time of diagnosis, 23.1% of cases in Class 1 been diagnosed for more than 5 years, but this was true for only 6.6% of cases in Class 2. In general, long-term survivors of more than five years are considered as "cured" from the prevailing medical point of view because they have overcome the physical and psychological burden caused by disease and treatment to some extent and have adapted to a new situation [31]. This suggests that it is important to actively implement follow-up management within five years.…”

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Distress among Korean Cancer Survivors: A Latent Profile Analysis

Park

Song

2022

IJERPH

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This study aimed to classify cancer survivors’ latent profile analysis (LPA) according to the problem list and identify the differences in distress between subgroups. Furthermore, this study identified differences between subgroups based on their demographic and clinical characteristics. A self-reported cross-sectional survey was administered to 446 adult cancer survivors in Korea. A distress thermometer and problem list were used, and four domains of the problem list were used to perform LPA and create subgroups. Quade’s non-parametric analysis of covariance was used to determine the difference in distress between the profiles. The three identified subgroups of the problem list were: “low problem group” (36.7%), “high problem group” (49.1%), and “family only low problem group” (14.2%). The analysis showed that there was a difference in the distress level according to the sub-profile of the problem list (F = 43.69, p < 0.001). In interventions for distress, integrative interventions that are not limited to one area are necessary, and cultural characteristics as well as the problem list relevant to cancer survivors should be considered.

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Factors Influencing Posttraumatic Growth in Cancer Survivors

Cited by 15 publications

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Predictors of posttraumatic growth of intensive care unit nurses in Korea

Predictors of posttraumatic growth of intensive care unit nurses in Korea

Social Support and Spiritual Well-Being of Patients With Esophageal Cancer Aged Over 50 Years: The Mediating Role of Rumination

Distress among Korean Cancer Survivors: A Latent Profile Analysis

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