The role of emotions in time to presentation for symptoms suggestive of cancer: a systematic literature review of quantitative studies

ConclusionsThis systematic review provides some quantitative evidence for the role of emotions in help‐seeking behaviour. However, it also highlighted widespread methodological, definition and design issues among the existing literature. The conflicting results around the role of emotions on time to presentation may be due to the lack of definition of each specific emotion. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: Psycho-Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research