Participation in patient support groups among cancer survivors: do psychosocial and medical factors have an impact?
Autor: | Sautier, L., Mehnert, A., Höcker, A., Schilling, G. |
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ACADEMIC medical centers
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ATTITUDE testing CANCER patients CHI-squared test CONFIDENCE intervals STATISTICAL correlation EPIDEMIOLOGY LONGITUDINAL method MEDICAL cooperation MULTIVARIATE analysis PSYCHOLOGICAL tests QUALITY of life QUESTIONNAIRES RESEARCH RESEARCH funding SUPPORT groups STATISTICS DATA analysis SOCIAL support DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer Care; Jan2014, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p140-148, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts |
Abstrakt: | A better understanding of the role of psychosocial resources and factors associated with participating in patient support groups appears to be important for the development and implementation of cancer survivorship care plans. We therefore investigated the frequency of participation in and satisfaction with patient support groups after completion of a rehabilitation programme and aimed to examine differences in demographic, medical and psychosocial characteristics between group participants and non-participants. We further aimed to identify predictors of participation in patient support groups. A total of 1281 eligible patients (75.5% participation rate) were recruited on average 11 months post diagnosis and assessed at the beginning (t |
Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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