Quality of life and personal resilience in the first two years after breast cancer diagnosis: systematic integrative review

Abstract

The aim of this systematic integrative review was to examine the early impacts of a breast cancer diagnosis (up to 2 years after diagnosis) in relation to quality of life and personal resilience. The bibliographic databases of Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection were searched using predetermined search criteria. Research studies published up to February 2019 were considered and following appraisal 36 articles were included in the review. Younger age, disease progression at first presentation, personality factors such as optimism, and moderators such as social support, clinical interventions and development of self-management abilities predicted better quality of life and personal resilience. Not recovering from the physical and psychological impacts of a new diagnosis has implications for future mental and physical health. This systematic, integrative review highlighted that building resilience and working with women's strengths should be the focus for contemporary clinical interventions for women in the early period after diagnosis of breast cancer.

Perceived social support and coping style as mediators between resilience and health-related Quality of Life in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: A cross-sectional study

“…The emotional, social/family, and physical well-being subscales were also affected negatively during the disease course. The ndings were consistent with prior research [7,18] that indicated breast cancer patients had di culties with physical, psychological, and social functioning.…”

“…This ability changes continuously with the interactions between the individual and the environment [4][5][6]. Resilience levels integrate physiological, psychological, and social functions that affect an individual's HRQoL after suffering from stressful events [7]. Women with breast cancer experience different degrees of psychological trauma during the process of diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation [5,8,9].…”

“…However, previous studies have focused primarily on negative psychological and behavioral responses such as anxiety and depression [8,9], fear of progression/relapse [10,11], decreased self-e cacy [12], poor perception of social support [13,14], and negative coping strategies [15]. Few studies have examined the direct and indirect effects of resilience on the physical, psychological, and social functioning of women with breast cancer [7,16,17], and studies of women who have been newly diagnosed are even more limited.…”

Coping style as mediator between resilience, perceived social support, and health-related quality of life in Chinese mainland women newly diagnosed with breast cancer

“…Diseases and various negative stressors affect the HRQoL of breast cancer patients with varying degrees, especially in the eld of psychosocial functioning [4]. Commonly reported factors that in uence HRQoL include anxiety, depression, and despair [5,6]; resilience [7]; perceived social support (PSS) [8,9]; and coping style (CS) [10]. CS is also an important mediator variable of HRQoL [11].…”

Experiencia en El Análisis De Las Estrategias De Afrontamiento en Cáncer De Mama Con El Apoyo Del Programa Nvivo

“…Diferentes estudios han apreciado como determinadas estrategias de afrontamiento (EA) se vinculan a mejor calidad de vida y resultan más adaptativas, mientras que otras estrategias se relacionan con un peor ajuste psicosocial y síntomas depresivos mayores (Edward, Chipman, Giandinoto, & Robinson, 2019;Paek et al, 2016). Según la teoría transaccional el afrontamiento no es estático, sino que cambia con el tiempo (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).…”