Psychosocial interventions in breast cancer survivorship care

Gudenkauf, Lisa M.; Ehlers, Shawna L.

doi:10.1016/j.breast.2017.11.005

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“…There is increasing recognition of the importance of psychosocial interventions to promote behaviour change, enhance preventative care and to express and process emotion-related responses to cancer e.g. [32]. Most evidence presented within the review shows an effect of storytelling on an individual's psycho-emotional well-being through a decrease of negative emotions such as stress or fear.…”

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The Psychosocial Impact and Value of Participating in a Storytelling Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Cancer: An Integrative Review

Soundy¹,

Reid²

2019

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Background: Interventions have recently been developed to test the therapeutic value of storytelling for people with cancer. This evidence includes different designs, as a result an integrative review is needed that can determine the impact and value of storytelling interventions for people with cancer. Aims: To undertake an integrative review of evidence identifying the impact and outcomes from storytelling interventions for people with cancer. Methods: An integrative review of group based storytelling interventions using a qualitative led-synthesis. Results: Eleven studies were identified with a total of 493 (49 female, 16 male, 428 not disclosed) people included. Two major themes were identified: 1) content of interaction and 2) outcomes from the interventions. Six sub-themes were identified. The results provided a unique insight into the psycho-emotional impact of storytelling interventions. Conclusions: It is essential that health care professionals understand the core benefits of storytelling for people with cancer. Further interventions are needed to identify an approach which could be applied within clinical settings.

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The Psychosocial Impact and Value of Participating in a Storytelling Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Cancer: An Integrative Review

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Reid²

2019

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“…This suggests that not only the BC survivors but also their partners could benefit from sexual counseling [10,24]. As cancer treatments advance and patients live longer, it is relevant to treat the impacts of BC with evidence-based interventions [37,38]. As emphasized by Ghizzani et al (2018), "Cancer survival has raised new needs, and caretakers have to understand the latent effects of the disease and its treatments" [37].…”

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The importance of and satisfaction with sex life among breast cancer survivors in comparison with healthy female controls and women with mental depression or arterial hypertension: results from the Finnish nationwide HeSSup cohort study

Salakari

Nurminen

Sillanmäki

et al. 2019

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Introduction Breast cancer (BC) and its treatment is associated with several physical and psychosocial changes that may influence sexuality for years after treatment. Women with BC show significantly greater rates of sexual dysfunction than do healthy women. The purpose of the study was to evaluate how a BC diagnosis associates with women's perceived sexuality and sexual satisfaction. Material and methods The data of the ongoing prospective Health and Social Support (HeSSup) survey was linked with national health registries. Respondents with registry data confirmed BC (n = 66), mental depression (n = 612), arterial hypertension (n = 873), and healthy women (n = 9731) formed the study population. The importance of and satisfaction with sex life were measured by a self-report questionnaire modified from the Schover's and colleagues' Sexual History Form. Results Women with BC considered sex life less important than did healthy women (p < 0.001). They were significantly less satisfied with their sex life than healthy women (p = 0.01) and women with arterial hypertension (p = 0.04). Living single or educational level did not explain the differences between the groups. Conclusions BC survivors depreciate their sex life and experience dissatisfaction with it. Sexuality can be a critical issue for the quality of life of women surviving from BC, and hence, the area deserves major attention in BC survivorship care. Health care professionals should regularly include sexual functions in the assessment of BC survivors' wellbeing.

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“…More than 30 years of research demonstrate the efficacy of cognitive‐behavioral cancer distress‐ and stress‐management interventions to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and improve quality of life (QoL) and social support 1,3,8‐14 . Positive long‐term effects of such psychological interventions for cancer survivors have also been observed 15 .…”

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Results from a randomized controlled trial testing StressProffen; an application‐based stress‐management intervention for cancer survivors

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Background:In-person cognitive-behavioral stress-management interventions are consistently associated with reduced cancer distress. However, face-to-face delivery is an access barrier for many patients, and there is a need to develop remote-delivered interventions. The current study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of an application (app)-based cancer stress-management intervention, StressProffen, in a randomized controlled trial. Methods: Cancer survivors, maximum 1-year posttreatment (N = 172), were randomized to StressProffen (n = 84) or a usual care control group (n = 88). Participants received a blended delivery care model: (a) one face-to-face introduction session, (b) 10 app-based cognitive-behavioral stress-management modules, and (c) followup phone calls at weeks 2-3 and 6-7. Outcome measures included stress (Perceived Stress Scale), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL; Short-Form Health Surveys [SF-36]) at 3-months post-intervention, analyzed with change scores as dependent variables in linear regression models. Results: Participants were primarily women (82%), aged 20-78 years (mean 52, SD 11.2), with mixed cancer types (majority breast cancer; 48%). Analysis of 149 participants completing questionnaires at baseline and 3 months revealed significant intervention effects: decreased stress (mean difference [MD] −2.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], [−5.2 to −0.4]; P = .022) and improved HRQoL (Role Physical MD = 17.7, [CI 3.7-31.3], P = .013; Social Functioning MD = 8.5, [CI 0.7-16.2], P = .034; Role Emotional MD = 19.5, [CI 3.7-35.2], P = .016; Mental Health MD = 6.7, [CI 1.7-11.6], P = .009). No significant changes were observed for anxiety or depression. Conclusions: Digital-based cancer stress-management interventions, such as StressProffen, have the potential to provide easily accessible, effective psychosocial support for cancer survivors. 3776 | BØRØSUND et al.

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Psychosocial interventions in breast cancer survivorship care

Cited by 56 publications

References 50 publications

The Psychosocial Impact and Value of Participating in a Storytelling Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Cancer: An Integrative Review

The Psychosocial Impact and Value of Participating in a Storytelling Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Cancer: An Integrative Review

The importance of and satisfaction with sex life among breast cancer survivors in comparison with healthy female controls and women with mental depression or arterial hypertension: results from the Finnish nationwide HeSSup cohort study

Results from a randomized controlled trial testing StressProffen; an application‐based stress‐management intervention for cancer survivors

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