Psychological impact of diagnosis and risk reduction among cancer survivors

Lifestyle behavior among lymphoma survivors after high-dose therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, assessed by patient-reported outcomes

“…An increased risk of an unhealthier lifestyle was found among men, corroborating previous reports showing that male cancer survivors are less likely to adopt health-promoting behaviors [10,26]. CF and a high somatic burden were independent predictors of a more unhealthy lifestyle, and together with the higher adherence among HD-ASCT-LS vs. controls to lifestyle recommendations, this indicates that the HD-ASCT-LS may consist of two groups.…”

“…In line with our finding, smoking was less frequent among cancer survivors than the general population [25]. A possible explanation for these differences could lie in the concept of teachable moments, which implies that a cancer diagnosis can be a driving force in the adoption of health-promoting behavior [26]. Perhaps this effect is even stronger if one experiences a relapse of cancer, as was the case for the majority of our study group.…”

Lifestyle behavior among lymphoma survivors after high-dose therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, assessed by patient-reported outcomes

“…An increased risk of an unhealthier lifestyle was found among men, corroborating previous reports showing that male cancer survivors are less likely to adopt health-promoting behaviors [10,26]. CF and a high somatic burden were independent predictors of a more unhealthy lifestyle, and together with the higher adherence among HD-ASCT-LS vs. controls to lifestyle recommendations, this indicates that the HD-ASCT-LS may consist of two groups.…”

“…In line with our finding, smoking was less frequent among cancer survivors than the general population [25]. A possible explanation for these differences could lie in the concept of teachable moments, which implies that a cancer diagnosis can be a driving force in the adoption of health-promoting behavior [26]. Perhaps this effect is even stronger if one experiences a relapse of cancer, as was the case for the majority of our study group.…”

Meaning making and psychological adjustment following cancer: The mediating roles of growth, life meaning, and restored just-world beliefs.

“…We do not have measures of stress in the period of active treatment and “patienthood,” and the timing of our study means that the patterns we found reflected longer term effects. The relationships between meaning making coping and meaning made, on the one hand, and between meaning made and well-being, on the other, illustrates the continuing impact even years later of having had cancer on current functioning, consistent with other research (e.g., Deimling, Bowman, Sterns, Wagner, & Kahana, 2006; Ganz et al, 2002; Given, Given, & Stommel, 1994; Harper et al, 2007; McBride, Clipp, Peterson, Lipkus, & Demark-Wahnefried, 2000). At the same time, it is important to note that our sample consisted of survivors much younger than the typical newly diagnosed cancer patient (Edwards et al., 2002; Hewitt, Rowland, & Yancik, 2003; Jemal et al, 2007), and they were therefore likely to have experienced greater overall impact because the experience was “off time” and more unexpected and disruptive (Blank & Bellizzi, 2006; Eton & Lepore, 2002; Ganz et al, 2002; IOM/NRC, 2006).…”

Disclosure between patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their spouses

“…'I stayed away from reminders of the cancer'). Internal consistency for the shortened version has been found to be as good as the longer version with Cronbach alphas of 0.90 for total scale, 0.88 for the intrusion scale, and 0.77-0.82 for the avoidance scale (McBride et al, 2000). In the present study, Cronbach's alphas for patients were 0.88 for the intrusion scale and 0.85 for the avoidance scale, and for spouses were 0.67 for the intrusion scale and 0.65 for the avoidance scale.…”

Lifestyle behavior among lymphoma survivors after high-dose therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, assessed by patient-reported outcomes

“…An increased risk of an unhealthier lifestyle was found among men, corroborating previous reports showing that male cancer survivors are less likely to adopt health-promoting behaviors [10,26]. CF and a high somatic burden were independent predictors of a more unhealthy lifestyle, and together with the higher adherence among HD-ASCT-LS vs. controls to lifestyle recommendations, this indicates that the HD-ASCT-LS may consist of two groups.…”

“…In line with our finding, smoking was less frequent among cancer survivors than the general population [25]. A possible explanation for these differences could lie in the concept of teachable moments, which implies that a cancer diagnosis can be a driving force in the adoption of health-promoting behavior [26]. Perhaps this effect is even stronger if one experiences a relapse of cancer, as was the case for the majority of our study group.…”

Meaning making and psychological adjustment following cancer: The mediating roles of growth, life meaning, and restored just-world beliefs.

“…We do not have measures of stress in the period of active treatment and “patienthood,” and the timing of our study means that the patterns we found reflected longer term effects. The relationships between meaning making coping and meaning made, on the one hand, and between meaning made and well-being, on the other, illustrates the continuing impact even years later of having had cancer on current functioning, consistent with other research (e.g., Deimling, Bowman, Sterns, Wagner, & Kahana, 2006; Ganz et al, 2002; Given, Given, & Stommel, 1994; Harper et al, 2007; McBride, Clipp, Peterson, Lipkus, & Demark-Wahnefried, 2000). At the same time, it is important to note that our sample consisted of survivors much younger than the typical newly diagnosed cancer patient (Edwards et al., 2002; Hewitt, Rowland, & Yancik, 2003; Jemal et al, 2007), and they were therefore likely to have experienced greater overall impact because the experience was “off time” and more unexpected and disruptive (Blank & Bellizzi, 2006; Eton & Lepore, 2002; Ganz et al, 2002; IOM/NRC, 2006).…”

Disclosure between patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their spouses

“…'I stayed away from reminders of the cancer'). Internal consistency for the shortened version has been found to be as good as the longer version with Cronbach alphas of 0.90 for total scale, 0.88 for the intrusion scale, and 0.77-0.82 for the avoidance scale (McBride et al, 2000). In the present study, Cronbach's alphas for patients were 0.88 for the intrusion scale and 0.85 for the avoidance scale, and for spouses were 0.67 for the intrusion scale and 0.65 for the avoidance scale.…”

Lifestyle behavior among lymphoma survivors after high-dose therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, assessed by patient-reported outcomes

“…An increased risk of an unhealthier lifestyle was found among men, corroborating previous reports showing that male cancer survivors are less likely to adopt health-promoting behaviors [10,26]. CF and a high somatic burden were independent predictors of a more unhealthy lifestyle, and together with the higher adherence among HD-ASCT-LS vs. controls to lifestyle recommendations, this indicates that the HD-ASCT-LS may consist of two groups.…”

“…In line with our finding, smoking was less frequent among cancer survivors than the general population [25]. A possible explanation for these differences could lie in the concept of teachable moments, which implies that a cancer diagnosis can be a driving force in the adoption of health-promoting behavior [26]. Perhaps this effect is even stronger if one experiences a relapse of cancer, as was the case for the majority of our study group.…”

Meaning making and psychological adjustment following cancer: The mediating roles of growth, life meaning, and restored just-world beliefs.

“…We do not have measures of stress in the period of active treatment and “patienthood,” and the timing of our study means that the patterns we found reflected longer term effects. The relationships between meaning making coping and meaning made, on the one hand, and between meaning made and well-being, on the other, illustrates the continuing impact even years later of having had cancer on current functioning, consistent with other research (e.g., Deimling, Bowman, Sterns, Wagner, & Kahana, 2006; Ganz et al, 2002; Given, Given, & Stommel, 1994; Harper et al, 2007; McBride, Clipp, Peterson, Lipkus, & Demark-Wahnefried, 2000). At the same time, it is important to note that our sample consisted of survivors much younger than the typical newly diagnosed cancer patient (Edwards et al., 2002; Hewitt, Rowland, & Yancik, 2003; Jemal et al, 2007), and they were therefore likely to have experienced greater overall impact because the experience was “off time” and more unexpected and disruptive (Blank & Bellizzi, 2006; Eton & Lepore, 2002; Ganz et al, 2002; IOM/NRC, 2006).…”

Disclosure between patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their spouses

“…'I stayed away from reminders of the cancer'). Internal consistency for the shortened version has been found to be as good as the longer version with Cronbach alphas of 0.90 for total scale, 0.88 for the intrusion scale, and 0.77-0.82 for the avoidance scale (McBride et al, 2000). In the present study, Cronbach's alphas for patients were 0.88 for the intrusion scale and 0.85 for the avoidance scale, and for spouses were 0.67 for the intrusion scale and 0.65 for the avoidance scale.…”