Illness perception profiles and psychological and physical symptoms in newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Conclusions: New data add to the clinical portrayal of patients coping with NSCLC since the availability of new therapies and survival improvements. Other disease groups have reported a predominance of positive perceptions, rather than ones of significant cognitive and emotional struggles found here. Illness perception data may provide content-rich resources for intervention tailoring. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Health Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research