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Cancer-related intrusive thoughts predict behavioral symptoms following breast cancer treatment.

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Dupont, Alexandra, Bower, Julienne E., Stanton, Annette L., Ganz, Patricia A.·2014·Health Psychology

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OBJECTIVE: Behavioral symptoms are common in breast cancer survivors, including disturbances in energy, sleep, and mood, though few risk factors for these negative outcomes have been identified. Our study examined intrusive thoughts as a predictor of lingering symptoms in breast cancer survivors in the year following treatment. METHOD: Data come from the Moving Beyond Cancer psychoeducational intervention trial, aimed at easing the transition from patient to survivor. Women (n = 558) completed psychosocial questionnaires within 4 weeks posttreatment and again 2, 6, and 12 months later. We examined intrusive thoughts about cancer at the baseline assessment as a predictor of fatigue, sleep problems, pain, breast cancer-specific symptoms, depressive symptoms, negative affect, and quality of life using growth curve modeling, controlling for study condition and other covariates. RESULTS: Intrusive thoughts were associated with higher levels of all symptoms at baseline and at the 12-month assessment. Intrusive thoughts also influenced the trajectory of pain, depressive symptoms, negative affect, and physical functioning over time; women with higher intrusions at baseline started worse and improved over time, whereas those with lower intrusions remained at a constant, lower level over time. Intrusions were not associated with the trajectory of fatigue, sleep, breast cancer-specific symptoms, or mental functioning; women with higher intrusions at baseline started worse and remained worse over time. CONCLUSION: Intrusive thoughts are associated with enduring elevations in behavioral symptoms and impaired quality of life in the year after breast cancer treatment and may be a risk factor for poor outcomes.

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  • In the short term, stress covaries with depressive and anxiety symptoms, negative quality of life, physical symptoms, and treatment morbidities across patients.

    “In the short term, stress covaries with depressive and anxiety symptoms, negative quality of life, physical symptoms, and treatment morbidities across patients, [10][11][12]”

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    The Results (‘Intrusive Thoughts as a Predictor of Symptoms Over Time’; page unavailable) report that women with more cancer-related intrusive thoughts had worse depressive, physical-symptom, and quality-of-life outcomes at baseline. The study examined women shortly after breast cancer treatment, not patients generally; it did not report a separate association with anxiety symptoms or specifically assess treatment morbidities. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Dupont, A., Bower, J. E., Stanton, A. L., & Ganz, P. A.
Affiliations
  • University of California System (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Health Psychology
Published
2014
Volume
33
Issue
2
Pages
155-163
ISSN
  • 0278-6133 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-7810
OpenAlex
W2101979782
Cited by
93
References
65
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FWCI
5.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (R01-CA63028)
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM084903)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Keywords
intrusive thoughts, breast cancer survivors, behavioral symptoms, cancer-related fatigue, sleep disorders, pain, depressive symptoms, negative affect, quality of life, risk factors, psychosocial outcomes
MeSH terms
Adjustment Disorders, Adult, Affect, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Behavioral Symptoms, Breast Neoplasms, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Middle Aged, Pain, Patient Education as Topic, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Factors, Treatment Outcome, Survivors

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