If They'd Said You Should Only Drink Five Units I'd Have Listened: A Mixed Methods Study of Alcohol Consumption Following a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.

IF 3.3 2区医学 Q2 ONCOLOGY

Psycho‐Oncology Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1002/pon.9305

Emma L Davies, Lucy McGeagh, Lauren Matheson, Julie Bennett, Sara Matthews, Jo Brett, Eila Watson

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Abstract

Objectives: As part of a wider study describing the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on lifestyle behaviours, this paper describes the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on alcohol consumption and factors influencing consumption.

Methods: Cross-sectional online survey of 140 people (138 women) and interviews with 21 women diagnosed with breast cancer in the last 10 years.

Results: Of the 100 survey participants who drank alcohol 25% were drinking at increasing or higher risk levels and 17% strongly wanted to change their drinking behaviour. The habitual aspects of alcohol consumption were the strongest predictor of current alcohol consumption behaviours. Social norms and perceptions about conflicting information were substantial barriers to change.

Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors need accurate information about the risks of alcohol consumption and guidelines in order to make informed decisions about making changes to their behaviour. Interventions to support breast cancer survivors to reduce alcohol consumption need to focus on the development of healthy habits and may benefit from a focus which includes partners and friends.

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如果他们说你只能喝五个单位，我一定会听：乳腺癌诊断后的酒精消费混合方法研究》。

目的：作为一项更广泛研究的一部分，本文描述了乳腺癌诊断对生活方式行为的影响：作为描述乳腺癌诊断对生活方式行为影响的更广泛研究的一部分，本文描述了乳腺癌诊断对饮酒量的影响以及影响饮酒量的因素：方法：对 140 人（138 名女性）进行横断面在线调查，并对 21 名在过去 10 年中被诊断患有乳腺癌的女性进行访谈：结果：在 100 名参与调查的饮酒者中，25% 的人饮酒风险在增加或提高，17% 的人强烈希望改变其饮酒行为。饮酒习惯是当前饮酒行为的最强预测因素。社会规范和对冲突信息的看法是改变行为的主要障碍：结论：乳腺癌幸存者需要关于饮酒风险和指导原则的准确信息，以便在知情的情况下做出改变行为的决定。支持乳腺癌幸存者减少饮酒的干预措施需要侧重于培养健康的生活习惯，将伴侣和朋友纳入干预重点可能会使其受益。

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Psycho‐Oncology 医学-心理学

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

8.30%

发文量

220

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process. Psycho-oncology is an area of multi-disciplinary interest and has boundaries with the major specialities in oncology: the clinical disciplines (surgery, medicine, pediatrics, radiotherapy), epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, biology, pathology, bioethics, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials research and decision making, as well as psychiatry and psychology. This international journal is published twelve times a year and will consider contributions to research of clinical and theoretical interest. Topics covered are wide-ranging and relate to the psychosocial aspects of cancer and AIDS-related tumors, including: epidemiology, quality of life, palliative and supportive care, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, social work, nursing and educational issues. Special reviews are offered from time to time. There is a section reviewing recently published books. A society news section is available for the dissemination of information relating to meetings, conferences and other society-related topics. Summary proceedings of important national and international symposia falling within the aims of the journal are presented.