Psychological well-being and social support in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving lifelong targeted therapies

Abstract

This study indicates that social support is a critical factor associated with psychological well-being of CML patients treated with modern lifelong targeted therapies.

Antioxidant density in plant foods typical in Bulgarian diet and healthy ageing

“…NHL patients have high levels of psychological distress during intensive and long-term diagnosis and treatment 25,26 . One study, which included 417 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, showed that female patients reported significantly worse statistical results in all dimensions of psychological well-being 27 . In our study, we demonstrated the same result, that the psychological state of the patients was not according to age and stage of the disease, but according to gender, with the predominance of severe suffering in women.…”

Association between Psychological Wellbeing and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in North-Central, Nigeria

“…This theory offered a holistic and value laden framework to understand the psychological wellbeing of individuals in the society. In understanding psychology of health outcomes, many studies have found association between psychological wellbeing and medication adherence in chronic illnesses [15,20,21,27]. For instance, Bravo, Edwards, Rollnick [10], Andersen, Magidson, O'Cleirigh, Remmert, Kagee et al, [5] and Elwyn, 2010) reported depression, mental illness, poor self-perception as psychological indicators of poor medication adherence in the treatment of cancer patients.…”

Quality of life, symptom profile and clinical efficacy of second-line treatment with dasatinib in patients with imatinib-resistant or -intolerant chronic myeloid leukemia: results of 2-year follow-up

“…Таким образом, при комплексной оценке эф-фекта и безопасности терапии ХМЛ, помимо определения клинического эффекта и побочных ре-акций, важными составляющими являются качество жизни и профиль симптомов больного [15, [21][22][23][24][25].…”

“…RAND SF-36 является общим опросником оценки качества жизни и может применяться как у здоровых людей, так и у пациентов с хроническими заболевания-ми, в том числе у онкологических больных, включая больных ХМЛ [23,37]. Он состоит из 36 вопросов, кото-рые формируют 8 шкал: физическое функционирование (ФФ), ролевое физическое функционирование (РФФ), боль (Б), общее здоровье (ОЗ), жизнеспособность (Ж), социальное функционирование (СФ), ролевое эмоцио-нальное функционирование (РЭФ), психическое здоро-вье (ПЗ).…”