Factors influencing childhood cancer patients to participate in a combined physical and psychosocial intervention program: Quality of Life in Motion

The purpose of this research was to demonstrate that a specific psychosocial intervention changes reactions to cancer and quality of life. This study was carried out on 66 patients with a first breast cancer. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: a specific intervention group (G1, 8 sessions) or a support group (G2, 8 sessions). A control group (G3) was composed of patients who refused to participate in psychological intervention. Social support, perceived control, repression of emotions, coping strategies, emotional distress, and quality of life were assessed one week before (T1) and at the end (T2) of the psychological intervention. Results showed that G1 did not have significantly modified quality of life or psychological scores. Patients of G2 had poorer emotional quality of life, use of internal causal attributions, and minimized their illness at T1 as compared to patients of G3. At Time 2 these differences were not observed.

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Factors Influencing Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Patients Following Immediate Breast Reconstruction

Asian Oncology Nursing ◽

10.5388/aon.2020.20.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

A Young Kim ◽

Jeong Hye Kim

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

Breast Reconstruction ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Immediate Breast Reconstruction ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Factors Influencing

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The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Thai Gynecologic Oncology Patients: Influencing Factors

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ◽

10.1155/2021/1322390 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Nuntorn Chukasemrat ◽

Chuenkamon Charakorn ◽

Arb-aroon Lertkhachonsuk

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Alternative Medicine ◽

Cancer Treatment ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Gynecologic Cancer ◽

Role Functioning ◽

Multiple Modalities ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Cam Use

Background. To determine the factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in gynecologic cancer patients and the prevalence and pattern of CAM use. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study of 370 gynecologic cancer patients conducted at the outpatient clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. After obtaining informed consent, participants were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire including sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, detail of CAM use, attitude of CAM use, and quality of life using EORTC-QLQ-C30. Results. The prevalence of CAM use was 25.13%. The most common type was herbal medicine (55.90%). The participants who resided or had a birthplace in rural areas presented with a higher proportion of CAM use than those in urban areas ( P = 0.470 and P = 0.004 , respectively). Participants who received multiple modalities of cancer treatment reported a significantly higher proportion of CAM use ( P = 0.024 ). Most CAM users agreed that the CAM could be used in combination with standard treatment, and some rather disagreed that CAM could interrupt the treatment effect of the conventional treatment. CAM users had significantly higher role functioning in quality-of-life scores. Conclusion. Factors influencing CAM use in gynecologic cancer patients were rural area birthplace or residency, receiving multiple modalities of cancer treatment, having positive attitude toward CAM use. CAM users had better performance in role functioning in the quality-of-life score. Therefore, gynecologic oncologists should pay attention to these factors in order to communicate with gynecologic cancer patients about CAM use.

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