The relative importance of cancer‐related and general health worries and distress among older adult, long‐term cancer survivors

Deimling, Gary T.; Brown, Sherri P.; Albitz, Casey; Mallick, Nabeel

doi:10.1002/pon.4015

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“…Similar to previous studies among long-term cancer survivors, 2,11,32 younger age was associated with high FCR. Studies of high FCR in studies of middle-aged or younger women are often cited greater fears to be associated with the unexpected, “off-time” event of cancer, interference on life’s goals (children, career), the lack of peers with serious illness, and fewer coping resources than their older counterparts.…”

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“…However, high FCR was associated with multiple demographic and clinical variables. This finding adds to the growing evidence 5,9,11,31,32 on the multifaceted predictors of FCR including age, presence or severity of symptoms (physical and mental), psychological distress, social support, and quality of life.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…5,9 Only a few studies have examined predictors among long-term cancer survivors, but these studies have found similar results, including sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics, and psychological predictors. 2,9,11 However, cancer type as a predictor of FCR among both short-term and long-term survivors has found inconsistent results. 9,12 …”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Prior research has shown that having had cancer and related treatment often have long‐term effects on the quality of life (QOL) of survivors . For older adults and especially racial minorities, these effects represent additional vulnerabilities that survivors experience with advancing age .…”

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Life satisfaction among older adult, long‐term cancer survivors: A comparison of Black with White survivors

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Objective This paper proposes and evaluates a model of the relative importance that cancer‐related health factor along with other health factors have for the self‐rated health and life satisfaction of older adult, long‐term cancer survivors. The data are examined in the context of important racial differences in health and life satisfaction along with other covariates including gender and education. Method This research utilizes regression‐based path analysis to examine data from a sample of 321 older (age 60+), long‐term (5+ years since diagnosis) cancer survivors. Respondents were randomly selected from the tumor registry of a major university hospital cancer center from among those with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer. Blacks were oversampled to provide the analytic power to make racial comparisons among cancer survivors. Results Bivariate analysis indicates that there is a consistent pattern of Black/White differences in both cancer‐related and general health characteristics as well as life satisfaction among older cancer survivors. Moreover, the results suggest that race is an important predictor of older survivors' health characteristics. These, in turn, explain significant variance in both self‐rated health and life satisfaction, that is, attributed to Black/White differences in these predictors. Conclusions Clinical health and social service providers need to be aware of the importance of both general health and cancer‐related health factors when working with minority long‐term cancer survivors as these have implications for their overall quality of life.

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“…Worry about developing a disease reflects emotions such as fear and concern about the future threat of that disease (Hay, Buckley, & Ostroff, 2005), and can create general or disease-specific distress and anxiety (Deimling, Bowman, Sterns, Wagner, & Kahana, 2006; Deimling, Brown, Albitz, Burant, & Mallick, 2015; Lee-Jones, Humphris, Dixon, & Hatcher, 1997). Depending on the level of worry and other key psychosocial processes (e.g., expected self-efficacy or outcome of the behavior), worry may motivate health preventive and protective behaviors, or conversely, encourage avoidance of such behaviors (Leventhal, Brissette, & Leventhal, 2003; S.…”

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Predictors of Breast Cancer Worry in a Hispanic and Predominantly Immigrant Mammography Screening Population

April-Sanders

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Shelton

et al. 2017

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Objective Worry about developing breast cancer (BC worry) has been associated with participation in screening and genetic testing and with follow-up of abnormal screening results. Little is known about the scope and predictors of BC worry in Hispanic and immigrant populations. Methods We collected in-person interview data from 250 self-identified Hispanic women recruited from an urban mammography facility (average age 50.4 years; 82% foreign-born). Women reported whether they worried about developing breast cancer rarely/never (low worry), sometimes (moderate worry) or often/all the time (high worry). We examined whether sociocultural and psychological factors (e.g., acculturation, education, perceived risk), and risk factors and objective risk for breast cancer (e.g., family history, Gail model 5-year risk estimates, parity) predicted BC worry using multinomial and binary logistic regression. Results In multivariable models, women who perceived higher absolute breast cancer risk (OR=1.66, 95% CI: 1.28, 2.14 for one unit increase in perceived lifetime risk) and comparative breast cancer risk (e.g., OR=2.37, 95% CI: 1.23, 6.06) were more likely to report high BC worry than moderate or low BC worry. There were no associations between BC worry and indicators of objective risk or acculturation. Conclusions In Hispanic women undergoing screening mammography, higher perceptions of breast cancer risk, on both absolute and comparative terms, were independently associated with high BC worry, and were stronger predictors of BC worry than indicators of objective breast cancer risk, including family history, mammographic density and personal breast cancer risk estimates.

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The relative importance of cancer‐related and general health worries and distress among older adult, long‐term cancer survivors

Cited by 35 publications

References 22 publications

Fear of recurrence among older breast, ovarian, endometrial, and colorectal cancer survivors: Findings from the WHI LILAC study

Fear of recurrence among older breast, ovarian, endometrial, and colorectal cancer survivors: Findings from the WHI LILAC study

Life satisfaction among older adult, long‐term cancer survivors: A comparison of Black with White survivors

Predictors of Breast Cancer Worry in a Hispanic and Predominantly Immigrant Mammography Screening Population

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