Caregiver Communication About Cancer: Development of a mhealth resource to support family caregiver communication burden
ConclusionsThis study demonstrates feasibility and development of an evidence ‐based and theory‐driven mhealth resource to support caregiver communication about cancer. This is the first theory‐driven mhealth application created to support the communication burden experienced by cancer caregivers. A larger study is needed to establish the efficacy of the app as an inter vention for caregivers. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Elaine Wittenberg,
Jiayun Xu,
Joy Goldsmith,
Yesenia Mendoza Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Examining peer support and survivorship for African American women with breast cancer
ConclusionsPeer relationships provide consistent, quality social support. Consistent peer support helps survivors cope with the continued stress of BrCa, with implications for psychosocial health and quality of life. Findings expand our current understanding of peer support and may enable public health and clinical practitioners to better recognize and intervene with those for whom additional support services are needed. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shannon E. Nicks,
Ricardo J. Wray,
Olivia Peavler,
Sherrill Jackson,
Stephanie McClure,
Kimberly Enard,
Theresa Schwartz Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Oncologist Recommendation Matters! – Predictors of Psycho‐Oncological Service Uptake in Oncology Outpatients
ConclusionsOncologists' expert recommendations to attend POS were strongly associated with patients' uptake of POS. The central role played by oncologists should be accounted for in stepped psycho ‐oncological care when POS referral pathways are defined. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 22, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Antje Frey Nascimento,
Theresa Tondorf,
Sacha I. Rothschild,
Michael T. Koller,
Christoph Rochlitz,
Alexander Kiss,
Rainer Schaefert,
Gunther Meinlschmidt,
Sabina Hunziker,
Jens Gaab,
Diana Zwahlen Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Systematic review of fertility ‐related psychological distress in cancer patients: Informing on an improved model of care
ConclusionsFertility ‐related psychological distress is prevalent and persistent in cancer patients and survivors. As such, patients and survivors would greatly benefit from fertility‐related psychological support implemented into standard practice from diagnosis through to survivorship. A revised model of care is p roposed. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 20, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shanna Logan,
Janette Perz,
Jane M. Ussher,
Michelle Peate,
Antoinette Anazodo Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Experiences of patients with colorectal cancer from diagnosis until completion of treatment: a meta ‐ethnography approach
ConclusionsThis meta ‐ethnography clarifies fundamental aspects of patients’ experience in very different settings or starting points by specifying a more complete and holistic spectrum of experiences with CRC and its treatment. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 17, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christiane Hildebrandt,
Hanna Mayer,
Antje Koller Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Relationship between body image and health ‐related quality of life in Chinese cancer survivors during the transitional cancer survivorship
ConclusionsAddressing body image may be an effective approach to enhancing Chinese cancer survivors ’ health‐related quality of life during their transitional survivorship. Since there is a lack of attention given to body image in local clinical settings, early assessment and appropriate interventions should be considered. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 16, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ka Ming Chow,
Carmen W.H. Chan,
Alice W.Y. Leung,
Martin M.H. Wong,
Kai Chow Choi Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
The challenges on the family unit faced by younger couples affected by prostate cancer; a qualitative study.
ConclusionsA diagnosis of PCa can cause significant disruption to the family unit and the quality of life of its members. Support programmes offering guidance to children/young adults affected by PCa in their family, and addressing the concerns of parents may help families to better adapt. Encouraging clinical professionals to initiate conversations with younger couples about their children may be a way forward in directing appropriate support. Further research is needed to elucidate appropriate, effective supportive interventions. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 16, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nicole Colla ço,
Richard Wagland,
Obrey Alexis,
Anna Gavin,
Adam Glaser,
Eila K. Watson Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
From telling to sharing to silence: A longitudinal ethnography of professional ‐patient communication about oral chemotherapy for colorectal cancer
ConclusionsCommunication about oral chemotherapy is not a static process; it evolves to take account of changing clinical requirements and growing patient confidence in dealing with their cancer. Different stages in the treatment journey indicate the need for different approaches to communication. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 16, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gary Mitchell,
Sam Porter,
Elizabeth Manias Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
New challenges in psycho ‐oncology: Economic evaluation of psychosocial services in cancer: Challenges and best practice recommendations
Psycho-Oncology, EarlyView. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 15, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Haitham Tuffaha,
Najwan El ‐Saifi,
Suzanne Chambers,
Paul Scuffham Tags: INVITED EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Everyday Protective Buffering Predicts Intimacy and Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Couples Coping with Early ‐Stage Breast Cancer
Conclusions: Findings supported a daily, within ‐person link between buffering, intimacy, and FCR, suggesting open disclosure of cancer‐related concerns may be a relevant target for interventions for adaptation to BC. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christine Perndorfer,
Emily C. Soriano,
Scott D. Siegel,
Jean ‐Philippe Laurenceau Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Relationship status and quality of the partner relationship in parents of long ‐term childhood cancer survivors: the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study ‐ Parents
ConclusionsLong after the diagnosis of cancer in their child, parents ´ relationship appears similar as in parents of the general population. The increased dependency reported by parents of survivors suggest that they managed their child´s disease as a team. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Luzius Mader,
Katharina Roser,
Julia Baenziger,
Janine Vetsch,
Jeanette Falck Winther,
Katrin Scheinemann,
Gisela Michel Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of the Recapture Life videoconferencing intervention for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
ConclusionsThe data largely indicates thatRecapture Life is an acceptable, feasible, and safe model of evidence ‐based psychological support for AYAs during early survivorship, that nevertheless experienced common challenges in online/AYA intervention delivery. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 9, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ursula M. Sansom ‐Daly,
Claire E. Wakefield,
Richard A. Bryant,
Pandora Patterson,
Antoinette Anazodo,
Phyllis Butow,
Susan M. Sawyer,
Brittany C. McGill,
Holly E. Evans,
Richard J. Cohn,
The Recapture Life Working Party Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Next of kin's motives for psychosocial consultation —Oncology social workers' perceptions of 54 next of kin cases
ConclusionsThe motives show that NOK does not just ask for help to come to terms with distress related to the patient's situation. Based on the diversity of motives, we suggest that OSWs (at least in Sweden) need a broad education in counselling psychology. Furthermore, health care personnel need to be attentive to the NOK's own voice and not reduce it to the voice of the patient and the patient's needs in referrals. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joakim Isaksson,
Sara Lilliehorn,
P är Salander Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Shared decision making in oncology: A model based on patients', health care professionals', and researchers' views
ConclusionsNext to oncologists' role, cancer patients also have a clear role in SDM about cancer treatment, during and outside consultations. Patients should receive the support they need to fulfil this requirement. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hanna Bomhof ‐Roordink,
Maarten J. Fischer,
Nanny Duijn‐Bakker,
Monique C. Baas‐Thijssen,
Trudy Weijden,
Anne M. Stiggelbout,
Arwen H. Pieterse Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
Early rehabilitation of cancer patients – an individual randomized stepped‐care stress‐management intervention
ConclusionsAn individual stepped ‐care stress‐management intervention for cancer patients, performed by specially educated health professionals using techniques derived from CBT, seems beneficial for cancer patients and may therefore be a realistic complement to routine cancer care. (Source: Psycho-Oncology)
Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cecilia Arving,
J örg Assmus,
Inger Thormodsen,
Sveinung Berntsen,
Karin Nordin Tags: PAPER Source Type: research
