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Coping with breast cancer: a meta-analysis

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Kvillemo, Pia, Bränström, Richard·2014·PLoS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0112733PMC PMC4244095
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Objective: The primary aim of this study was to examine the associations between different types of coping and psychological well-being and physical health among women with breast cancer.A second aim was to explore the potential moderating influences of situational and measurement factors on the associations between coping and psychological well-being and physical health.Methods: On 14 February 2011, a literature search was made for articles published in the PubMed and PsycINFO databases before January 2010.On 5 September 2013, a repeated literature search was made for articles published before May 2013.In the final analyses, 78 studies with 11 948 participants were included.Results: Efforts to facilitate adaptation to stress, such as Acceptance and Positive Reappraisal, were related to higher well-being and health.Disengagement and avoidance types of coping were associated with lower well-being and health.The analyses indicated that, in several circumstances, coping effectiveness was dependent on cancer stage, treatment, disease duration, and type of coping measure.Conclusions: Use of coping targeting adjustment and avoiding use of disengagement forms of coping were related to better psychological well-being and physical health.Adaptive strategies and avoiding disengagement forms of coping seemed particularly beneficial for women undergoing treatment. BackgroundIn 2012, almost 1.7 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer [1].Compared with other types of cancer, breast cancer affects women at a relatively young age, but -due to better treatment and an increased rate of early detectionmortality from breast cancer has decreased during the past two decades [2].The

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  • Adopting active, engagement coping strategies (problem-solving, information-seeking, acceptance, seeking support, planning) makes one more likely to effectively cope with ongoing stresses of living with endometriosis.

    “If one adopts active, engagement coping strategies (Kvillemo and Bränström, 2014), such as problem-solving, information-seeking, acceptance, seeking support and planning, one is more likely to effectively cope with the ongoing stresses of living with endometriosis.”

    From Self-management strategies to consider to combat endometriosis symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) · cites this paper as Kvillemo and Bränström, 2014

    The Discussion (page not available in our copy) reports that engagement coping was generally associated with better psychological and physical states in women with breast cancer, particularly for strategies such as acceptance. It also says planning was unrelated to those outcomes. The paper does not establish that adopting the listed strategies causes more effective coping, or that its breast-cancer findings apply to endometriosis. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Kvillemo, P., & Bränström, R.
Affiliations
Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Corresponding author
Kvillemo, Pia
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PLoS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2014-11-25
Volume
9
Issue
11
Pages
e112733
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0112733
PMC
PMC4244095
OpenAlex
W1983033016
Cited by
169
References
11
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0.98
Type
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Language
en
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Funders
  • Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap (2006-0069)
  • Karolinska Institutet
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
Keywords
breast cancer, coping strategies, psychological well-being, physical health, disengagement, avoidance, tumor stage, cancer therapy, disease duration, coping measurement
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Middle Aged

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