Utrecht Coping List—19-Item Version

Schreurs, Pjg Piet; Willige, G van de; Brosschot, J. F.; Tellegen, Bert; Graus, G. M. H.

doi:10.1037/t25404-000

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“…A higher score indicates more depressive symptoms (range 0-60). Coping was measured using the 47-item Utrecht Coping List (UCL) [26], covering seven coping strategies. Items are scored on a four-point scale.…”

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Sustained employability and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors up to four years after diagnosis

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Background: Most cancer survivors are able to return to work at some point after diagnosis. However, literature on sustained employability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is limited. Therefore, the aims of this study were to explore the influence of change in employment status on HRQoL in cancer survivors long term after diagnosis, and to identify predictors of work continuation in occupationally active survivors. Material and methods: We used prospective data (T0 ¼ two years after diagnosis, T1 ¼ one-year follow-up, and T2 ¼ two-year follow-up) from a cohort of cancer survivors that had an employment contract and were of working age at T0 (N ¼ 252, 69.8% female). Groups were formed on the basis of change in employment status: 'continuously not working' (19.8%), 'positive change in employment status' (5.6%), 'negative change in employment status' (14.7%), and 'continuously working' (59.9%). ANCOVA was used to explore the relationship between change in employment status and HRQoL at T1. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) were used to identify predictors of work continuation (at T1 and T2) in survivors that were occupationally active at T0 (N ¼ 212). Results: 'Continuously working' survivors scored significantly better on the EORTC QLQ-C30 scales: role functioning, fatigue, pain, constipation, global health/QoL and the Summary score, than 'continuously not working' survivors, and better on physical, role and emotional functioning, fatigue, financial impact, global health/QoL and the Summary score than survivors with a 'negative change in employment status' (effect size range ¼ 0.49-0.74). In occupationally active survivors, a high score on current work ability was associated with work continuation one year later [odds ratio (OR) 1.46; 95% CI 1.11-1.92]. Conclusion: Cancer survivors 'continuously working' function better and have a better health and QoL than those who are not able to work. However, in occupationally active cancer survivors, one should monitor those with low self-perceived work ability, because they have an increased risk to discontinue their work.

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Sustained employability and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors up to four years after diagnosis

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“…52,53 The UCL is a reliable and valid Dutch questionnaire consisting of 49 items that are categorised into seven scales: 'seeking distraction', 'expressing emotions', 'seeking social support', 'avoiding', 'fostering reassuring thoughts', 'passive coping', and 'active coping'. Patients were asked to rate how often they adopted certain coping behaviours on a four-point scale, ranging from 'seldom/never' to 'very often'.…”

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“…We compared the scores of BMT patients on the UCL to healthy Dutch students (n ¼ 55, ages 20-30 years) involved in a validation study of this questionnaire, 53 and found that BMT patients scored significantly lower on the 'passive coping' and 'fostering reassuring thoughts' subscales of the UCL, indicating a less frequent use of these coping strategies compared to reference individuals (Table 5).…”

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Quality of life in adults following bone marrow transplantation during childhood

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list. BMT-related variables were obtained from medical files. Of the generic QOL measures, most results fell within the normal range of functioning, although some illness-related impairment was reported on subscales for general and work-related functioning. Compared to a reference sample of patients who had received BMT as adults, patients involved in this study scored significantly higher on the 'emotional well-being' subscale of the FACT-BMT, indicating significantly better emotional functioning. The age at BMT and total body irradiation (TBI) were not related to patients' QOL. We can conclude that at long term, having received BMT during childhood does not negatively affect the QOL of patients.

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“…A higher scale score means more use of the coping style. The internal consistency and validity are satisfactory [29,30].…”

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“…Generic coping was measured with the Utrecht Coping List (UCL) [29], a questionnaire about coping with stressful or problematic situations. The UCL covers seven coping styles: active problem focusing, palliative reaction pattern, avoidance behaviour, seeking social support, passive reaction pattern, expression of emotions and comforting cognitions.…”

Section: Independent Variables: Psychosocial Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional functioning of parents of children with cancer: the first five years of continuous remission after the end of treatment

2007

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Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate parental emotional functioning during the first five years of continuous remission after the end of their child's treatment and to identify predictors of parental emotional functioning.Methods: Psychological distress and situation-specific emotional reactions were assessed in 122 mothers and 109 fathers from 130 families. Longitudinal mixed model analyses were performed to investigate to what extent generic and disease-related coping, family functioning and social support were predictive of parental emotional functioning over time.Results: Initial elevated levels of distress, disease-related feelings of uncertainty and helplessness returned to normal levels during the first two years after the end of treatment. Being more optimistic about the further course of the child's disease (predictive control) was correlated with lower psychological distress and less negative disease-related feelings, while more passive reaction patterns were correlated with higher psychological distress and more negative disease-related feelings.Conclusions: Although in general the parents of children with successfully treated cancer showed adequate emotional resilience, support for these parents should not stop when treatment ends. Parents in need of help can be identified on the basis of their coping abilities.

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Utrecht Coping List—19-Item Version

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Sustained employability and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors up to four years after diagnosis

Sustained employability and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors up to four years after diagnosis

Quality of life in adults following bone marrow transplantation during childhood

Emotional functioning of parents of children with cancer: the first five years of continuous remission after the end of treatment

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