Psychological factors and preferences for communicating prognosis in esophageal cancer patients
| Autor: | Khe T. C. Tran, Ellen M. A. Smets, Sanne J. Franssen, Jochem R. van Werven, J. Jan B. van Lanschot, Sjoerd M. Lagarde, Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes, John T. M. Plukker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment Cancer Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Disease Esophageal cancer medicine.disease humanities Psychiatry and Mental health Breast cancer Oncology Quality of life Esophagectomy medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom business Social psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psycho-Oncology. 18:1199-1207 |
| ISSN: | 1057-9249 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pon.1485 |
| Popis: | Objective: Discussing prognosis is often confronting and complex for cancer patients. This study investigates how patients' psychological characteristics relate to their preferences concerning the disclosure of prognosis. Methods: One hundred and seventy-six esophageal cancer patients participated in the study. They had undergone esophagectomy within the past 28 months and did not have evidence of cancer recurrence. Patients completed a questionnaire eliciting their preferences for prognostic information. Sociodemographic characteristics, involvement preferences, anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, striving for quality of life (QOL) or quantity of life and trust in physicians were explored as predictors for (a) wanting to be informed about prognosis and (b) the initiation of discussion about prognosis. Results: Patients wanting all prognostic information had more fear for the disease to recur (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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