Relationships of mood disturbance and social support to symptom experience in Korean women with breast cancer

Abstract

Abstract

Does social support from family and friends work as a buffer against reactions to stressful life events such as terminal cancer?

“…That means our hypothesis was confirmed at the second assessment, 2 months after the inclusion, when we found that patients with high social support reported better emotional functioning and less serious stress reactions, in terms of lower scores on the IES avoidance subscale, than patients with a low degree of social support. This is in accordance with some other findings~Slevin et al, 1996;Hann et al, 2002;Taniguchi et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2004!, but contrary to another study~Birkhaug et al, 2002!. The comparison of our results with other studies is, however, complicated due to other factors, such as sample composition~terminally ill vs. good or heterogeneous prognoses!, assessment time points, measures of social support and stress, methods of data collection~self-instructed questionnaire vs.…”

“…In the cancer patient, the sources of support become critical, particularly from the spouse, the immediate family, and the support of peers with similar diagnoses Broadhead & Kaplan, 1991!. Our study is based mainly on a measure of emotional support~Mac- Adam & Smith, 1987!. Prospective, intervention studies of the effects of social support groups indicate that those who participated in such a group had a better psychosocial adjustment to the disease compared to those in a control group without such support~Spiegel et al, 1981support~Spiegel et al, , 1989Greer et al, 1992;Spiegel, 1994;Fawzy et al, 1996;Spiegel & Kato, 1996;Fawzy & Fawzy, 1998;Koopman et al, 1998;Goodwin et al, 2001;Weber et al, 2004!. Although participation in support groups might be an important source of social support, we will focus on the social support from the significant others the patients are most emotionally attached to, their spouses and other close family members. Their social support has been shown, with some exceptions~Wortman & Dunkel-Schetter, 1979;Dakof & Taylor, 1990!, to be the most important source of support for the cancer victims~Taylor et al., 1986;Slevin et al, 1996;Guidry et al, 1997;Lee et al, 2004;Lehto-Jaernstedt et al, 2004!. Social support from family has been associated with reduced psychological distress~Hann et al, Baider et al, 2003;Taniguchi et al, 2003!…”

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea, Vomiting, and Fatigue – the Role of Individual Differences Related to Sensory Perception and Autonomic Reactivity

“…We therefore find it possible that high absorption is associated with increased ANS reactivity following chemotherapy. Absorption has also been shown to be related to increased reports of distress [30, 31], and pretreatment distress in the form of anxiety and depression has generally been shown to be a significant predictor of reported symptoms, including nausea and vomiting [8, 12,48,49,50], and fatigue [51, 52] in cancer patients. It is therefore possible that associations between absorption and side effects are explained by higher levels of distress in high-absorption women.…”

Exercise for cancer survivors: A review

“…High mood disturbance is associated with increasing symptoms 38 and negatively impacts upon functional status and QoL 39 . Exercise decreases mood disturbance amongst cancer survivors 40 ; even walking has shown an negatively affect the QoL in cancer survivors.…”