Post-Treatment Symptoms Among Ethnic Minority Breast Cancer Survivors

Eversley, Rani; Estrin, D.; Dibble, Suzanne L.; Wardlaw, Linda; Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia; Favila-Penney, Wendy

doi:10.1188/05.onf.250-256

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“…Depression was most frequently associated with fatigue (Bower et al, 2000;Den Oudsten et al, 2009;Vahdaninia et al, 2010) followed by lower income/poor financial status (Eversley et al, 2005;Morrill et al, 2008;Chen et al, 2009), low education (Mehnert and Koch, 2008;Morrill et al, 2008;Alcalar et al, 2012) and younger age (Broeckel et al, 2000;Mehnert and Koch, 2008). Regarding marital status, being unmarried (Broeckel et al, 2000;Morrill et al, 2008), widowed or divorced (Chen et al, 2009) were significantly associated with depression although in contrast with one study which found being married (Pumo et al, 2012) was associated with depression.…”

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“…Factors related to treatment of breast cancer reported to be significantly associated with depression included more time elapsed since the end of chemotherapy (Broeckel et al, 2000), receiving chemotherapy (Eversley et al, 2005;Morrill et al, 2008), had mastectomy (Eversley et al, 2005), had breast conserving type of surgery (Den Oudsten et al, 2009) and using an alternative treatment (Karakoyun-Celik et al, 2010).…”

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Prevalence of Depression in Breast Cancer Survivors: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Zainal¹,

Nik-Jaafar²,

Baharudin³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Depression is common in breast cancer patients. The aim of this paper was to make a systematic review of its prevalence and associated factors oin breast cancer survivors. Materials and Methods: An extensive systematic electronic review (PUBMED, CINAHL, PsyINFO and Ovid) and handsearch were carried out to retrieve published articles up to November 2012, using Depression OR Dysthymia AND (Cancer OR Tumor OR Neoplasms as the keywords. Information about the design of the studies, measuring scale, characteristics of the participants, prevalence of depression and its associated factors from the included studies were extracted and summarized. Results: We identified 32 eligible studies that recruited 10,826 breast cancer survivors. Most were cross-sectional or prospective designed. The most frequent instrument used to screen depression was the Center for Epidemiological Studies for Depression (CES-D, n=11 studies) followed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI, n=6 studies) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, n=6 studies). CES-D returned about similar prevalence of depression (median=22%, range=13-56%) with BDI (median=22%, range=17-48%) but higher than HADS (median=10%, range=1-22%). Depression was associated with several socio-demographic variables, cancer-related factors, treatment-related factors, subject psychological factors, lifestyle factors, social support and quality of life. Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors are at risk for depression so that detection of associated factors is important in clinical practice.

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Section: Factors Associated With Depressionmentioning

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Prevalence of Depression in Breast Cancer Survivors: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Zainal¹,

Nik-Jaafar²,

Baharudin³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

166

119

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“…The intensive, multi-modality treatments of chemotherapy drugs, radiation and surgery that have improved cancer survival often produce disruptive side effects that unexpectedly interfere with the patient's physical and mental functioning affecting their everyday QOL. [3][4][5] Often these disruptions may manifest themselves as perceived unmet needs that affect not only the individual's QOL but can also affect compliance to treatment regimens and thus impact individual long-term prognosis. As Puerto Ricans are one of the largest Hispanics groups in the US, [6,7] it is crucial that clinicians and researchers become skilled in assessing the prevalence of the perceived unmet needs of Puerto Rican cancer patients undergoing treatment to properly respond to their needs.…”

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Identification of supportive care needs in a sample of Puerto Rican cancer patients with the supportive care needs survey

Gonzalez

Tirado

Hughes

et al. 2015

JNEP

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Background: Puerto Ricans are among the largest Hispanic groups in the US. Clinicians/researchers must become skilled in assessing the prevalence of the perceived unmet needs of Puerto Rican cancer patients undergoing treatment to properly respond to their needs, and is an important part of any culturally comprehensive oncological care. Objective: To assess Puerto Rican cancer survivors reports of perceived unmet needs across 5 domains of the cancer experience: "psychological", "health system and information", "physical and daily living", "patient care and support", and "sexuality" and to examine how the perceived unmet needs and disease characteristics are inter-related. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 103 patients (64.1% female, male 35.9%, mean age 54 years) undergoing cancer treatments. The study participants were >20 years of age with breast (28%), gynecologic (21%), prostate (17%) and gastrointestinal (14%) cancer, mostly on chemotherapy. Overall internal consistency of the Supportive Care Needs Survey was 0.882. Results: Patients perceived needs were highest in the domains of sexuality (67%), physical and daily living (55.3%), and psychological (38.8%). Breast cancer was significantly related to reporting unmet needs in the domains of health services/information (p = .018) and sexuality (p = .009). Prostate cancer showed a significant relationship with unmet needs in the domains of psychological (p = .050) and, the physical/daily living (p < .001). Receiving chemotherapy was related with unmet needs in the domains of sexuality (p = .02), and the physical/daily living (p = .047); and, receiving combination of radiation and hormonal therapy was related to unmet needs in the physical/daily living needs domain (p = .024). Conclusions: The accurate assessment of supportive care needs is important in the management of cancer patients. The unmet supportive care needs of our sample of Puerto Rican cancer patients seem to be affected by cancer site and treatment modality.

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“…The level of depression may vary from moderate to severe 43,44 and severity may correlate with the stage of the disease at diagnosis. 45 It is suggested that depression can be assessed using predictors of self-esteem, level of social support and fatigue and can be alleviated through measuring the association between the biological, psychological and social dimensions of experience of breast cancer.…”

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The Impact of Culture and Sociological and Psychological Issues on Muslim Patients With Breast Cancer in Pakistan

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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Muslim women in Pakistan.The impact of the initial diagnosis, culture, religion and psychosocial and psychological aspects of the disease are not well established. This qualitative study examined the experience and coping strategies employed by breast cancer patients in relation to its impact on their physical, mental health, religious and family issues. Thirty breast cancer patients were interviewed. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The patient experience of breast cancer focused on the range of emotions felt throughout the illness trajectory, the importance of religion and family support on coping strategies employed to manage the side effects of chemotherapy and also financial concerns. This is the first study to examine Pakistani Muslim women's views on the lived experience of breast cancer. This paper provides clarification of the voiced experiences of women with breast cancer. The data highlight the role of religion and family support as essential coping strategies, but also emphasize the issues of isolation, aggression and anger as common responses to chemotherapy. Unique features of this study are women's need to seek spiritual support for their illness and the overriding innate characteristic of maternal responsibility. These cultural features require further analysis and research.

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Post-Treatment Symptoms Among Ethnic Minority Breast Cancer Survivors

Abstract: A need exists for affordable, culturally appropriate symptom management interventions. Nursing will have a vital role in designing, testing, and offering such interventions.

Cited by 180 publications

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Prevalence of Depression in Breast Cancer Survivors: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Prevalence of Depression in Breast Cancer Survivors: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Identification of supportive care needs in a sample of Puerto Rican cancer patients with the supportive care needs survey

The Impact of Culture and Sociological and Psychological Issues on Muslim Patients With Breast Cancer in Pakistan

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