Help Me Help You: Support Groups in Cancer Therapy

Penson, Richard T.; Talsania, Shivali H.G.; Chabner, Bruce A.; Lynch, Thomas J.

doi:10.1634/theoncologist.9-2-217

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“…Thus insistence on recovery may be considered as part of the fighting spirit in which patients seek to conquer disease (such as cancer) based on hope, and indicates a good prognosis. [27][28][29] Judging from these observations it is possible that insistence on recovery in the present study may be a favorable prognostic factor for disabled stroke patients.…”

Section: Appropriate Level Of Insistence On Recovery Reduced Depressimentioning

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‘Insistence on recovery’ as a positive prognostic factor in Japanese stroke patients

Hama

Yamashita

Kato

et al. 2008

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Aim: The present study used two-step analyses to examine the effect of acceptance of disability or 'insistence on recovery' in Japanese stroke patients: first on their functional improvement and second, on their psychological symptoms.Methods: Disability was assessed using functional independence measurements (FIM), examining the stage of acceptance of disability by observation using Fink's theory (from shock to defensive retreat, acknowledgement, and acceptance/change stage), and estimation of insistence on recovery (on a scale of 1-4) by observation. The differences over time and the effects on the improvement in their FIM were then assessed. Depression was measured using the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS); apathy was measured using the Apathy Scale (AS), and the correlation with the acceptance stage or insistence on recovery was analyzed. Results:The acceptance stage and functional improvement progressed significantly, but insistence on recovery did not change significantly during hospitalization. Multiple regression indicated that the insistence on recovery score (but not the acceptance stage) was a good predictor of the degree of improvement in FIM (FIM gain per week) in the elderly group. Post-hoc testing showed that the SDS or AS score decreased from the first stage to the fourth stage (but increased at the third stage) of acceptance; whereas for insistence on recovery score, the SDS and AS scores decreased as insistence on recovery score changed from 1 to 3, and then increased as insistence on recovery score changed from 3 to 4. Conclusions:The appropriate level of insistence on recovery reduced depression and apathy, resulting in enhanced improvement of disability after a stroke in elderly stroke patients.

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Section: Appropriate Level Of Insistence On Recovery Reduced Depressimentioning

confidence: 61%

‘Insistence on recovery’ as a positive prognostic factor in Japanese stroke patients

Hama

Yamashita

Kato

et al. 2008

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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“…Interaction has been studied in various settings and with different actors. Several studies have investigated interaction between discharged patients, fellow discharged patients, and carers in support groups (3–5) and interaction between patients and doctors or nurses (6). van Haastregt, de Witte, Terpstra, Diederiks, van der Horst and de Geus (7) documented that patients with a chronic disease and severely ill patients in particular benefitted from self‐help group membership and from talking to people with a similar disease.…”

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Patient–patient interaction – caring and sharing

Birkelund

Larsen

2012

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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“…O doente é encorajado a identificar seus próprios recursos para adaptação positiva e a procurar desenvolver um papel ativo com a doença. São oferecidas aulas e sessões de: yoga, terapia mente-corpo, relaxamento, hipnoterapia, orientação, nutrição e tratamentos complementares visando a promover bem-estar físico e apoio psicológico e social (43) .…”

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Apoio social à família do paciente com câncer: identificando caminhos e direções

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Network and social support are resources that nursing can offer to families. This review identifies which aspects of social support are being investigated for the family of the cancer patient. Fifty one articles were found of which 70% were quantitative research and 26% were published in the last two years. The issues addressed were: Family caregivers as provider of social support; Factors that interfere with social support; Religiosity as social support as well as support coming from educative programs, group activity and technological resources. Of these papers, 49% were written by nurses, with international emphasis on needs assessment, family experiences and support offered, while national articles emphasize definition concepts and identifying family needs focusing on intervention planning.

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Help Me Help You: Support Groups in Cancer Therapy

Abstract: 2004;9:217-225

Cited by 12 publications

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‘Insistence on recovery’ as a positive prognostic factor in Japanese stroke patients

‘Insistence on recovery’ as a positive prognostic factor in Japanese stroke patients

Patient–patient interaction – caring and sharing

Apoio social à família do paciente com câncer: identificando caminhos e direções

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