Fatigue, anxiety and depression in cancer patients

Tel, Havva; Doğan, Sibel

doi:10.1016/j.npbr.2011.02.006

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“…Therefore, a relatively large group of mostly young women spend the significant portions of their lives with breast cancer, which requires long-term treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy leading to some severe complications ( 6 , 7 ). Women with breast cancer spend the most important years of their life with numerous physical, sexual, and psycho-social complications induced by the disease and its treatments in women who suffer from their damaged identity and femininity because of the disease ( 8 - 13 ) prepare the grounds for feeling of inability and loss of control over their life ( 14 , 15 ). Feeling of inability and loss of control may inversely affect the process of recovery and hinder reconstruction of a normal life ( 16 ).…”

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Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Taleghani

Bahrami

Loripoor

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:Due to the increasing number of women suffering from breast cancer worldwide, promoting the empowerment of these patients is an important factor affecting their survival.Objectives:Few studies have investigated the empowerment needs of the breast cancer women, especially in Iran. Therefore, this study was performed to explain the empowerment needs of women with breast cancer in Iran.Patients and Methods:In this qualitative study, 19 women with breast cancer were interviewed regarding their empowerment needs using the individual open-ended and, in-depth interviews and then the qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis.Results:Three main categories of empowerment needs from the participants’ perspectives were as follows: 1- information: the initial empowerment plans (timely and comprehensive information, coordination and continuity of information, easy and full-time access to information), 2- beliefs: the approval of the empowerment plans for execution (actuality, trust and hope and new beliefs), and 3- skills: efficient execution of the empowerment plans (communication skills, expression the needs, emotions, questions and use of the internet).Conclusions:It seems that promoting the empowerment of women with breast cancer is essential. Factors found in this study and also in similar studies, in which empowerment needs are explained in-depth through the experiences of the patients, should be considered and used in the treatment, educational and counseling programs to promote the empowerment of women with breast cancer.

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Empowerment Needs of Women With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study

Taleghani

Bahrami

Loripoor

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…Encountering cancer itself can be an extremely stressful event that could negatively affect different aspects of an individual's mental and physical health (22)(23). The mental stress caused by the disease is so high that often leaves no hope for the patients (8). Fearing illness and death is not the only concern of cancer patients, but sometimes side effects of therapy, such as hair loss, cumulative fatigue, lethargy and especially changes in breast appearance and sexual dysfunction lead to depression and various mental health problems (8,9).…”

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“…The mental stress caused by the disease is so high that often leaves no hope for the patients (8). Fearing illness and death is not the only concern of cancer patients, but sometimes side effects of therapy, such as hair loss, cumulative fatigue, lethargy and especially changes in breast appearance and sexual dysfunction lead to depression and various mental health problems (8,9). In general, spiritual experiences and hope can help patients cope with the physical and psychological pressures of chronic diseases (9).…”

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Comparison of Spiritual Experiences and Hope between Breast Cancer Survivors and Healthy Counterparts

Rashidi

Koolaee

Ardakani

2019

jcbr

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Background and objectives: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women aged 35-54 years. Belief in God and spiritual experiences can help the patients endure physical pain and enhance their physical and mental well-being. The purpose of this study was to compare spiritual experiences and hope between survivors of breast cancer and healthy counterparts. Methods: This descriptive case-control study was performed in 2018, on 85 breast cancer survivors and 85 healthy women from the city of Yazd (Iran) who were selected via availability sampling. The subjects completed the hope scale (developed by Snyder) and the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (developed by Underwood and Teresi). Data were analyzed using independent t-test at significance level of 0.05. Results: The mean score of spiritual experiences was significantly higher in breast cancer survivors (81.2±10.47) than in healthy counterparts (71.03±13.18) (P<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in the mean score of hope between breast cancer survivors (30.47±5.29) and women without breast cancer (31.3±5.67) (P=0.28). Conclusion: Given our results, it is suggested to design and offer workshops and trainings on hope and hope-based therapies for highlighting the role of hope in improving disease status and patients' mental well-being.

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“…(Ramasamy et al,2006). Fatigue is almost a universal complaint in patients with autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, and progressive neurologic disorders such as multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and dialysis patients receiving either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, and cancer (Appels & Mulder, 1988;Brunier & Graydon, 1996;O'Brain & Pheifer, 1993;Tel et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%