Journal of Psychosocial Oncology最新文献

{"title":"I hope you dance from the diary of an oncologist.","authors":"Nirmal Raut","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2527119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2527119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sex on inpatient medical units among acutely medically ill adults: a psycho-oncology case study.","authors":"Abigail Shonrock, Dakota Leget, Deidre B Pereira","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2528836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2528836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sexual health is an important part of emotional and physical functioning. For patients undergoing cancer treatment, sexual health is an often-overlooked aspect of care for a variety of reasons. It is further overlooked for patients who are undergoing extended hospital admissions. There are no current standardized guidelines or recommendations around patients admitted to hospitals for extended periods of time, and as such, is left to the discretion of floor staff or individual hospital units. Often, there are no guidelines at all, which potentially puts patients in unsafe or emotionally taxing situations.</p><p><strong>Case study: </strong>In this paper, we explore a case of a 21-year-old woman undergoing extended hospital admission due to complications secondary to a bone marrow transplant, and how the omission of sexual health from her care had significant implications for her emotional functioning. The patient and her family gave consent to participate in research.</p><p><strong>Treatment implications: </strong>We discuss the ethical, legal, psychological, and medical implications of the case, and how certain guidelines and conversations would have potentially improved this patient's emotional state during her hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Recommendations and conclusions: </strong>We conclude by providing recommendations for mental health providers on discussing healthy sexuality for chronically ill patients who might be subject to extended hospital stays. We strongly recommend that sexual health be an ongoing conversation between providers and their chronically ill patients who are undergoing extensive medical care or extended hospitalizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decisional conflict and physiological dysregulation among adolescents and young adults with cancer.","authors":"Katie Darabos, Lamia P Barakat, Lisa A Schwartz","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2515064","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2515064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYA) are faced with making several cancer-related decisions daily (e.g. managing pain/fatigue). Many of these decisions involve uncertainty (e.g. feeling uninformed about alternatives, feeling unsupported about making a choice), even under ideal conditions that have implications for health (e.g. wear and tear on the body). The present study examined relationships between decisional conflict within cancer-related decision-making and physiological responding.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 18 AYAs on active cancer treatment, diagnosed within the past 2 years. Participation included two days of salivary samples (assessing cortisol) followed by a 7-day collection of decisional conflict within cancer-related decision-making. Associations between decisional conflict and the cortisol awakening response (CAR) were examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Decisional conflict was significantly associated with a smaller (i.e. blunted) cortisol awakening response, reflecting cortisol dysregulation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results from this study add to an emerging body of literature focused on the role of decisional conflict and physiological stress responding enhancing our understanding of decisional processes that may impact stress systems among AYAs undergoing cancer treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12354157/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Posttraumatic stress symptoms and unmet needs in cancer survivorship.","authors":"Hannah-Rose Mitchell, Ari P Kirshenbaum, Sara Zimmer, Michael J Sofis","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2509985","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2509985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cancer diagnosis can be distressing, leading to multidimensional care needs which are often not fully met. The experience of diagnosis and treatment may be traumatizing for some patients, leading to a greater demand for support during survivorship. Survivors exposed to trauma may also have a harder time addressing their own needs or require additional support for their needs which have been neglected by the available care.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We examined the degree to which exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms influence cancer survivor unmet needs, and the role of unmet needs in survivor life satisfaction. Survivors diagnosed with cancer in the past year or prior (<i>N</i> = 1,138) from a nationally representative population (<i>N</i> = 11,708) reported Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES-Q-10) and PTSD symptoms (PTSD-8). Unmet needs were reported on the Survivor Unmet Needs Survey (SF-SUNS). Life satisfaction was measured on a single item. Chronic pain, sociodemographic variables, and self-reported cancer stage were self-reported and included as covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In stepwise-hierarchical regression modeling, PTSD symptoms, advanced-stage cancer and younger age were significant predictors of unmet needs in the first year after diagnosis and in the years thereafter (<i>p</i>s < 0.001); but the influence of ACEs on unmet needs was overshadowed by the other variables in the regression model. Chronic pain was associated with unmet needs experienced after one year (<i>p</i> < 0.001) but not in the first year after diagnosis. Having more unmet needs predicted poor life satisfaction when controlling for income, education, and age (<i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that cancer survivors with a trauma history and PTSD symptoms are more vulnerable to unmet needs, which contributes to poor life satisfaction. Trauma-informed care and PTSD treatment, especially in younger survivors and those with advanced-stage cancers, may mitigate the potential for unmet needs after cancer diagnosis and thereby improve health outcomes in survivorship.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationships between marital support, partner participation, body image, and mental distress among Bedouin women with breast cancer survivors.","authors":"Manor Binyamini Iris","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2509983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2509983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Arab women in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study examined the relationships between marital support, partner participation, body image, and mental distress among Bedouin women diagnosed with breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A total of 100 Muslim Bedouin women who were at least a year from their initial breast cancer diagnoses participate in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings indicated negative and significant relationships between partner support and mental distress and between body image and mental distress. In addition, a clear positive relationship was found between partner support and partner participation in the home and between education, income, and spousal support. Women who underwent breast reconstruction following mastectomy reported a higher level of support and improved psychological outcomes. Finally, several distinct relationships were found between demographic variables and the research variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The provision of culturally appropriate, patient-centered cancer treatments has not been explored for Muslim Arab women in the Middle East in general and in the Bedouin community more specifically, despite their unique cultural characteristics and increases in the rate of breast cancer among these populations. This study highlights the need for further studies in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring support needs for romantic relationships and marriage post-cancer diagnosis among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in Japan: A qualitative study.","authors":"Kanako Yoshida, Yutaka Matsui, Satoko Ando","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2509987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2509987","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study explored the types of support necessary for building romantic relationships and marriages after a cancer diagnosis among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 AYA cancer survivors who were unmarried at the time of diagnosis, including any form of cancer. Participants were diagnosed between ages 15 and 39 and were aged 20 to 45 at the time of the interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five core themes were identified: Providing Information, Emotional Support, Engaging with Others' Experiences, Structural Support, and Negative or Unintended Consequences of Support. Peer cancer survivors and healthcare professionals were the primary sources of both utilized and desired support, though the type of support differed across these areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings highlight the need for integrated support systems that address the interconnected concerns related to relationships through peer and professional guidance tailored to the age-specific needs of AYA cancer survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Breast cancer patients and caregiver inter- and intrapersonal spillover effects on anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue during the first year of treatment.","authors":"Patricia N E Roberson, Kathrine A Lenger, Jordan Tasman, Gina Cortez, Rebecca Renegar, Kendall Brady, Jillian Lloyd","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2501029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2501029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Breast cancer patients and caregivers experience anxiety, depression, fatigue, and pain symptoms during treatment. The present study sought to determine which times during the first year of breast cancer treatment have the greatest risk of interpersonal spillover on patient and caregiver symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-report survey data were collected from 55 estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) stage I-III breast cancer patients and their identified caregivers throughout the first year of primary treatment (e.g., surgery, radiation) to assess symptoms of biobehavioral reactivity (i.e., anxiety, depression, fatigue, and pain). Surveys from patients and caregivers were provided at baseline (before treatment), 6 weeks after surgery, 6 months after surgery, and 12 months after surgery. The present sample comprised primarily white, middle-income individuals with an average age of 63 years old. Data were analyzed using longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling in Mplus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Intrapersonally, preceding symptoms predicted poor future functioning for both patients and caregivers across the majority of time points. Interpersonally, patients' anxiety at 6 weeks (<i>p</i> = .04) and fatigue at baseline (<i>p</i> = .01) and 6 months (<i>p</i> = .04) predicted greater caregiver symptoms at the subsequent clinically relevant times. However, concurrent spillover occurs for all of the measures of biobehavioral reactivity at one or more times during treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Anxiety and fatigue are vulnerable to longitudinal interpersonal \"spillover\" of symptoms, particularly for caregivers, starting early in treatment. We also find in this pilot study that concurrent biobehavioral reactivity symptom spillover occurs in some form throughout the first year of breast cancer treatment. It is common for interventions that target symptoms of biobehavioral reactivity to focus on the individual patient. However, given the degree of longitudinal and concurrent spillover observed between breast cancer patients and caregivers, we recommend future research test behavioral interventions that teach dyadic coping skills in addition to replicating findings with a fully powered prospective study.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emotions and experiences of head and neck cancer survivors returning to work: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.","authors":"Ying Yang, Lili Hou, Weisi Zeng, Xing Gan, Zhen Qian, Xiaomei Zhao","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2496642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2496642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors may face several challenges when returning to work. Although there are some qualitative studies on the return-to-work experiences of HNC survivors, a comprehensive review of these studies is lacking. This study aimed to systematically evaluate the emotions, experiences, and needs of HNC survivors returning to work.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA statement of systematic reviews. Databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and APA PsycInfo were searched from inception to December 2023 to identify qualitative studies on the emotions and experiences of HNC survivors returning to work. The quality of the included studies was independently assessed by two investigators using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tool for Qualitative Research (2016).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eleven studies were included in this review. A total of 54 key findings were extracted and synthesized into three overarching themes and 10 subthemes: <i>stress perception, regulatory mechanisms, and external support</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>HNC survivors faced many challenges in returning to work, including symptomatic burden and psychological challenges. Efforts should focus on enhancing symptom management, addressing psychological well-being, and strengthening social support systems. Additionally, targeted interventions and support strategies should be developed to facilitate the timely reintegration of HNC survivors into the workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring peer loss and survivor guilt among young adult survivors of childhood cancer.","authors":"Alexandra Neenan, Michelle Byrd","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2505728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2505728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are nearly 500,000 childhood cancer survivors in the United States, and emerging evidence suggests at least 25% of these survivors have lost a peer to cancer. The current study investigated the nature of peer loss in a sample of young adult survivors of childhood cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Survivors (<i>n</i> = 63) completed an online survey including measures of peer loss, survivor guilt (Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaire) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5). Relations between peer loss, survivor guilt, and PTSS were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Survivor guilt and PTSS were significantly correlated. Survivor guilt accounted for 6% of variance in PTSS beyond variance explained by other risk factors. Peer loss was not significantly correlated with survivor guilt or posttraumatic stress symptoms.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Survivor guilt is a significant concern for childhood cancer survivors. Increased screening and intervention are warranted to reduce the impact of survivor guilt and related symptoms. Further research is needed to clarify the impact of peer loss on childhood cancer survivors given its lack of association with survivor guilt or PTSS.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between substance use, quality of life, and pain among Veteran survivors of head and neck cancer.","authors":"Shannon M Nugent, Elizabeth R Hooker, Christopher G Slatore, Kara Winchell, Felipe Rubim, Teyhana Rounsavill, Daniel Clayburgh, Sara Knight, Benjamin J Morasco","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2025.2497410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2025.2497410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We examined the association of self-reported substance use with quality of life (QOL), and pain severity and interference among Veterans who are survivors of head and neck cancer (HNC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We administered a cross-sectional survey to Veterans with chronic pain who were at least 2 years post-HNC diagnosis. We examined associations between self-reported nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis use with measures of HNC related QOL, pain interference, pain severity, and pain management self-efficacy. We hypothesized current substance use would be positively associated with pain interference and severity and inversely associated with QOL.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final sample included 191 Veterans, the majority were aged 66 years or older (58.7%), male (97.4%) and White identifying (82.7%). One-third of participants endorsed moderate (29.8%) or high (4.7%) current nicotine use, and one-quarter had moderate (21.5%) or high (2.7%) alcohol use. Compared to those who did not endorse alcohol use, high alcohol use was significantly associated with a 25-point lower score on eating quality of life (on a 0-100 scale) (<i>p</i> = 0.03). In interaction models, no/low nicotine use and low self-efficacy had significantly higher pain interference compared to those with high self-efficacy (5.8 (95% CI: 5.1, 6.6); 2.4 (95% CI: 1.6, 3.2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among HNC survivors, current alcohol and nicotine use is associated with lower quality of life and higher pain interference. Pain and substance use psychosocial services with focus on chronic pain, alcohol, and nicotine use, may improve QOL for patients post-HNC treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}