Mood states in long-term cancer survivors: an Italian descriptive survey

Annunziata, Maria Antonietta; Muzzatti, Barbara; Flaiban, Cristiana; Giovannini, Lorena; Carlucci, Matilde

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“…In contrast, the negative impact was more evident in women, in participants with lower education levels, in the unemployed and in persons with comorbidity. These findings extent those of Annunziata, Muzzatti, Flaiban, Giovannini, and Carlucci (), who documented the association of these same factors with some transient negative, subjective emotional states in a smaller sample of long‐term cancer survivors. These results also corroborate studies that documented a worse QoL in these same subgroups (Annunziata et al, ; Chu et al, ; Clarke et al, ; Le Borgne et al, ; Lee et al, ; Muzzatti et al, ; Schoormans, Czene, Hall, & Brandberg, ; Smith et al, ).…”

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“…In this study of 500 Italian adults free of cancer for at least 5 years and no longer in treatment, the positive impact of cancer (i.e., propensity for altruistic behaviour and empathy, greater attention to and awareness of self and health, self-confidence and assertiveness, positive self-assessment) was more intense than the negative impact (i.e., uncertainty and concern for the future and own health, includ- Muzzatti, Flaiban, Giovannini, and Carlucci (2016), who documented the association of these same factors with some transient negative, subjective emotional states in a smaller sample of long-term cancer survivors. These results also corroborate studies that documented a worse QoL in these same subgroups Chu et al, 2016;Clarke et al, 2015;Le Borgne et al, 2013;Lee et al, 2015;Muzzatti et al, 2015;Schoormans, Czene, Hall, & Brandberg, 2015;Smith et al, 2010).…”

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The impact of cancer: An Italian descriptive study involving 500 long‐term cancer survivors

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Introduction The well‐being and quality of life (QoL) of long‐term cancer survivors may be affected, both positively and negatively, by psychosocial factors related to the experience of being a cancer patient. We investigated whether, in long‐term cancer survivors, the psychosocial impacts of cancer associate with socio‐demographic–clinical variables; whether, within the positive and negative dimensions taken separately, some impacts are more intense than others; and whether these impacts explain QoL. Methods Italian long‐term cancer survivors (n = 500) completed the Impact of Cancer (IOC‐V2) and Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF‐36) questionnaires. Results The IOC‐V2 negative impact score associated with gender, education, occupational status and health issues, whereas no association was found between the positive impact score and socio‐demographic–clinical variables. Of the positive impacts, Altruism/Empathy was the highest (p < 0.001); Positive self‐evaluation was higher than Health awareness (p = 0.001); and Meaning of cancer was the lowest (p < 0.001). Among the negative impacts, Worry was the highest (p < 0.001), whereas Body changes concerns was higher than both Appearance concerns (p < 0.001) and Life Interferences (p < 0.001). The assessed impacts explained more than 25% of the variance of both physical and mental functioning scores. Conclusions The provided data document psychosocial factors affecting QoL in Italian long‐term cancer survivors.

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“…The “Anger Thermometer” was able to detect cases of significant distress (cut‐off score of 4) that were not identified by using the conventional Distress Thermometer (DT) only. Again, “caseness” of anger on the Anger‐ET was found in 15% of 149 breast cancer patients 31 and in 24% in a large sample of over 2,000 cancer patients, 32 in 18% of 158 long survivors of cancer by using the Anger/Hostility dimension of the Profile of Mood sates (POMS), 33 and in 28% out of 147 cancer patients by using the BSI‐HOS subscale 34 . This suggests that carefully exploring these dimensions among the several emotional reactions to cancer in structured program for early screening in cancer care is necessary and clinically useful 35,36 …”

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Hostility in cancer patients as an underexplored facet of distress

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Objective In the present study, we aimed to assess hostility and to examine its association with formal psychiatric diagnosis, coping, cancer worries, and quality of life in cancer patients. Methods The World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) to make an ICD‐10 (International Classification of Disease) psychiatric diagnosis was applied to 516 cancer outpatients. The patients also completed the Brief Symptom Inventory‐53 to assess hostility (BSI‐HOS), and the Mini‐Mental Adjustment to cancer scale (Mini‐MAC). A subset of patients completed the Cancer Worries Inventory (CWI), the Openness Scale, and the Quality of Life Index. Results By analyzing the distribution of the responses 25% of the patients had moderate and 11% high levels of hostility, with about 20% being BSI‐HOS “cases.” Hostility was higher in patients with a formal ICD‐10 psychiatric diagnosis (mainly major depression, other depressive disorders, anxiety disorders) than patients without ICD‐10 diagnosis. However, about 25% of ICD‐10‐non cases also had moderate‐to‐high hostility levels. Hostility was associated with Mini‐MAC hopelessness and anxious preoccupation, poorer quality of life, worries (mainly problems sin interpersonal relationships), and inability to openly discuss these problems within the family. Conclusions Hostility and its components should be considered as dimensions to be more carefully explored in screening for distress in cancer clinical settings for its implications in negatively impacting on quality of life, coping and relationships with the family, and possibly the health care system.

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“…Giovannini, and Carlucci (2016),Bagley, Kelly, Buckhalt, and El-Sheikh (2015),Barclay and Gregory (2010), Fichten et al (2001), Hartz, Ross, Noyes, and Williams (2013, Jean-Louis et al (2009), Lin, Xie, Yan, and Yan (2017), Liu et al (2017), Querstret and Cropley (2012), Schmidt, Renaud, and van der Linden (2011) and Yan et al (2014). Age was not analyzed as a continuous moderator as, upon initial inspection of the included papers, several papers did not report mean age, hence age categories were used instead.…”

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The Association between Worry and Rumination with Sleep in Non-Clinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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O’Connor³

2019

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Associations have been found between perseverative cognition (PC: worry and rumination) and somatic markers of ill-health. Further studies have reported associations between sleep and both PC and poorer health. As such, sleep disturbance may represent a pathway between PC and ill-health. Therefore, studies assessing the relationship between PC and sleep in non-clinical populations were synthesized. Meta-analyses (k = 55) revealed small- to medium-sized associations between higher PC and poorer sleep quality (SQ, r = -0.28), shorter total sleep time (TST, r = -0.15) and longer sleep onset latency (SOL, r = -0.16). Variations included associations between SQ and rumination (r = -.33) and worry (r = -.23). Associations were stronger in studies measuring SQ via self-report rather than actigraphy, and where SOL and TST outcomes were cross-sectional. Associations with SOL were stronger when outcomes were from non-diary studies and when trait, rather than state PC, was measured, but weaker where studies incorporated more measures of PC. Effect sizes were generally larger where studies were higher quality and being female may act as a protective factor between PC and longer SOL. Therefore, there is a consistent association between PC and sleep which may partially explain the link between PC and ill-health.

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Mood states in long-term cancer survivors: an Italian descriptive survey

Abstract: These data encourage a multidimensional assessment of emotional functioning of this specific population.

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The impact of cancer: An Italian descriptive study involving 500 long‐term cancer survivors

The impact of cancer: An Italian descriptive study involving 500 long‐term cancer survivors

Hostility in cancer patients as an underexplored facet of distress

The Association between Worry and Rumination with Sleep in Non-Clinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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