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Fear of cancer recurrence and its predictors among cervical cancer survivors

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Hanprasertpong, Jitti, Geater, Alan, Jiamset, Ingporn, Padungkul, Laaong, Hirunkajonpan, Phongchawee, Songhong, Nartya·2017·Journal of Gynecologic Oncology

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the characteristics of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) in cervical cancer survivors (CCSs) and investigate the relationship of FCR with demographic and medical characteristics, level of quality of life (QOL), and psychological distress. We also aimed to determine the predictors of FCR. METHODS: The short version of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q-SF), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cervical (FACT-Cx) questionnaire were administered to 699 CCSs who had complete treatment at Songklanagarind Hospital between 2006 and 2016. Analysis was performed to determine potential predictors associated with FCR. RESULTS: Among the 12 items of the FoP-Q-SF, the 3 greatest fears were 1) worrying about what would happen to their family; 2) being afraid of pain; and 3) fear of disease progression. The prevalences of anxiety and depression disorder were 20.46% and 9.44%, respectively. CCSs who had FCR at the 5th quintile were more likely to have medical co-morbidities, low FACT-Cx scores in all domains and a high HADS scores (anxiety and depression disorder). Multivariate analysis showed that only anxiety disorder (odds ratio [OR]=4.99; p<0.001) and low FACT-Cx score (total) (OR=6.14; p<0.001) were identified as independent predictors for FCR at the 5th quintile. CONCLUSION: FCR is an important problem in cervical cancer which should be addressed during post-treatment care. Only anxiety disorder and low QOL were independently associated with high FCR.

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Authors
Hanprasertpong, J., Geater, A., Jiamset, I., Padungkul, L., Hirunkajonpan, P., & Songhong, N.
Affiliations
  • Prince of Songkla University (TH)
  • Songklanagarind Hospital (TH)
  • Ministry of Public Health (TH)
Corresponding author
Hanprasertpong, Jitti
Venue
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
Publisher
XMLink
Published
2017
Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
e72-e72
ISSN
  • 2005-0380 (ISSN-L)
  • 2005-0399
OpenAlex
W2736347197
Cited by
86
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
FWCI
1.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Gynecologic Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Prince of Songkla University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
Keywords
fear of cancer recurrence, cervical cancer survivors, anxiety disorders, depression, quality of life, psychological distress, fear of progression, post-treatment care
MeSH terms
Cancer Survivors, Adult, Aged, Anxiety Disorders, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder, Fear, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Prospective Studies, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Thailand, Prevalence, Young Adult

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