Variability and stability of coping in women with breast cancer

Hervatin, Rafaela; Sperlich, Stefanie; Koch-Giesselmann, Heike; Geyer, Siegfried

doi:10.1007/s00520-011-1334-2

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“…Another study, which was conducted among 57 Egyptian women with breast cancer diagnosis using the Brief Cope inventory, found that acceptance, religion, and emotional support were the most frequently-used coping strategies ( 42 ). The same results were reported by Hervatin et al, who also emphasized the stability of the emotional coping response of these patients over the time of the disease ( 46 ). The expression of emotions was identified as having a positive effect on patients’ psychological status ( 20 , 49 , 54 ), but it may have a unfavorable impact on the breast cancer patients’ sense of coping ( 49 ).…”

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“…Most of the patients were married. Totally, the most common coping strategies that patients with primary breast cancer used in the studies were seeking social support (9 studies) ( 29 – 37 ), positive reframing and reappraisal behaviors as problem-focused strategies (7 studies) ( 31 , 32 , 40 , 43 , 44 , 30 , 46 ), religious/spirituality-focused efforts (8 studies) ( 29 , 31 , 35 , 38 – 41 ), emotional expression as positive emotion-focused strategies (3 studies) ( 32 , 42 , 43 ), and avoidance and distraction as avoidance-orientated strategies (6 studies) ( 20 , 30 , 33 , 40 , 44 , 45 ). In addition, it was found that emotional coping reactions were stable during the different phases of the disease, including after cancer diagnosis, pre-surgery, and after the adjuvant therapy period, while cognitive coping strategies varied during the aforementioned periods.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, it was found that emotional coping reactions were stable during the different phases of the disease, including after cancer diagnosis, pre-surgery, and after the adjuvant therapy period, while cognitive coping strategies varied during the aforementioned periods. It seemed that chemotherapy had the strongest influence on the use of coping strategies ( 46 ). It also was mentioned that coping response seemed to vary during different phases of the disease due to the decreasing level of anxiety over time ( 36 ).…”

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Coping response following a diagnosis of breast cancer: A systematic review

Mehrabi¹,

Hajian²,

Simbar³

et al. 2015

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IntroductionCoping with breast cancer is an important health issue that results in adjustments to the disease in survivors. The present systematic review aims to synthesize the evidence about the coping strategies used by women who are primary breast cancer survivors to adjust to their new situations in their lives.MethodsSearches were conducted using Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Wiley Online Library, and PsycINFO, using the terms “breast cancer,” “breast malignancy,” “coping strategies,” “coping behaviors,” and “adjustment” from January 2000 to July 2015. Only relevant studies in English were selected at the end of the search. Only those papers were selected that focused on coping strategies/behaviors that were used by breast cancer survivors.ResultsSearching the electronic databases resulted in 2390 articles. Ultimately, 20 studies met the inclusion criteria of the present study and were included in the review. Two reviewers independently reviewed all relevant articles using the same inclusion criteria. The reviewers completed a quality assessment using the Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment scales for observational studies. The more frequent coping strategies that patients with breast cancer used in the studies were 1) seeking social support (9 studies), 2) positive reframing and reappraisal behaviors as problem focused strategies (7 studies), 3) religious/spirituality-focused efforts (8 studies), 4) emotional expression as positive emotion-focused strategies (3 studies), and 5) avoidance and distraction as avoidance orientated strategies (6 studies). Women with different ethnicities and educational levels used different coping strategies with breast cancer, and they used different strategies in different phases of the disease.ConclusionThis systematic review revealed that seeking social support and emotion-focused efforts were the main coping strategies that women with breast cancer diagnosis used, especially in the early phase of breast cancer diagnosis. This information about the coping responses of patients may be useful in designing interventional programs to assist other women in dealing with the various challenges imposed upon them by their illness.

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Coping response following a diagnosis of breast cancer: A systematic review

Mehrabi¹,

Hajian²,

Simbar³

et al. 2015

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“…In breast cancer patients, the effectiveness might be attributed to decreased reactivity, reduced catastrophizing, and increased self-kindness (18). Throughout treatment of breast cancer, the responses that are related to emotional coping remain stable, while those associated with cognitive coping are extremely variable (19). Moreover, owing to cancer or its treatment, some unhelpful cognition such as unwanted thoughts, images, or memories may occur in cancer survivors even several years following successful treatment.…”

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Diurnal Salivary Cortisol following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Women with Breast Cancer: A pilot Study

2018

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Background and Objectives: Cancer and its conventional treatments may bring about some psychological and health-related symptoms leading to unstable cortisol level. Since evidence has shown that mindfulness based approaches can be helpful to reduce cortisol level, we aimed at investigating the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on decreasing salivary cortisol level in the women with breast cancer. Methods: in this one-group pretest posttest study, the women with early stage breast cancer were assessed to select eligible ones (N = 15). They were first trained for collecting salivary cortisol sample (before, after and follow-up) and then were asked to participate in MBCT, an eight-week session approach. Participants provided salivary samples in the morning (7: 30-8:30), afternoon (1-3) and night (9-11). To measure cortisol, Cortisol Enzyme Immunoassay Kit was used. Analysis was performed on the data of 12 participants remained, using repeated measurement. Results: the results of repeated measure ANOVA revealed that cortisol level of posttest (after 8-weeks of MBCT and follow-up period) in comparison with pretest was significantly reduced for morning and afternoon cortisol while it was not true for night cortisol. The post-treatment cortisol was not significantly correlated with age groups, education levels and socioeconomic status using repeated measure ANCOVA. Conclusion: Given that the women with breast cancer are at the high risk of psychological distresses and unstable cortisol level, we recommend mindfulness-based approaches esp. MBCT to health providers specifically those working with breast cancer patients.

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“…A description of all ways of coping covered by the inventory was published in an earlier paper (Hervatin et al, 2012).…”

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Coping with breast cancer and relapse: Stability of coping and long-term outcomes in an observational study over 10 years

Geyer

Koch-Giesselmann

Noeres

2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Variability and stability of coping in women with breast cancer

Abstract: The findings of this prospective study are emphasizing the use of repeated coping assessments. They also underline the importance of social support for adaptive coping and point to the necessity of patient empowerment, especially in women receiving chemotherapy.

Cited by 9 publications

References 42 publications

Coping response following a diagnosis of breast cancer: A systematic review

Coping response following a diagnosis of breast cancer: A systematic review

Diurnal Salivary Cortisol following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Women with Breast Cancer: A pilot Study

Coping with breast cancer and relapse: Stability of coping and long-term outcomes in an observational study over 10 years

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