Zahra Falahatpishe, Alireza Moradi, Hadi Parhoon, Kamal Parhoon, Laura Jobson
{"title":"Investigating executive functioning and episodic future thinking in Iranian women with breast cancer.","authors":"Zahra Falahatpishe, Alireza Moradi, Hadi Parhoon, Kamal Parhoon, Laura Jobson","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2312970","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2312970","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study examined executive functioning and episodic future thinking among Iranian women with breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We recruited 40 healthy female community volunteers and 80 females with breast cancer (either currently undergoing chemotherapy <i>n</i> = 40 or not undergoing chemotherapy <i>n</i> = 40). Participants were assessed using cognitive tasks that assessed executive functioning and episodic future thinking and a measure of cancer-related fatigue.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both cancer groups had poorer performance than controls on all measures of executive functioning and episodic future thinking. Those undergoing chemotherapy had poorer performance on all measures of executive functioning than those not undergoing chemotherapy. Cross-sectional mediation analyses revealed cancer-related fatigue had a significant mediator role between cancer group and executive functioning and episodic future thinking.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Those with breast cancer, particularly those undergoing chemotherapy, may be experiencing cognitive difficulties. These cognitive concerns should be considered by health teams as addressing these impairments may assist in improving quality of life and treatment adherence.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"636-652"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140068852","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 loneliness and mental and physical health are moderated by the tendency for interpersonal victimhood: A study of young adult cancer patients.","authors":"Colter D Ray","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2223203","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2223203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess whether loneliness is inversely related to young adult cancer patients' subjective reports of mental and physical health, and to explore whether such inverse relationships are moderated by young adult cancer patients' tendency for interpersonal victimhood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Young adult cancer patients (<i>N</i> = 140) ranging in age from 19-39 years completed two questionnaires distributed three months apart. Patients reported loneliness, their tendency for interpersonal victimhood, and mental and physical health. Hypotheses were tested using the PROCESS macro for SPSS, which tests for main effects and moderation effects.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Loneliness was inversely related to mental health, but there was no main effect of loneliness on physical health. Tendency for interpersonal victimhood significantly moderated the relationships between loneliness and both mental and physical health, such that a greater tendency for interpersonal victimhood strengthened the inverse relationships between loneliness and both mental and physical health.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Loneliness continues to be an important predictor of mental health for young adult cancer patients, and this relationship is strengthened when a patient has a greater tendency for interpersonal victimhood. Health care providers, family members, and other supporters should monitor the quantity and quality of patients' relationships with others and also facilitate conversations that can address aspects of the tendency for interpersonal victimhood, such as rumination or the need for recognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"80-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9625190","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}
Renaud Mabire-Yon, Alice Le Bonniec, Siméone Arnaud, Marie Préau
{"title":"Organization of psychosocial factors associated with worry about acquiring SARS-CoV-2 among women undergoing cancer treatment: an empirical network comparison approach.","authors":"Renaud Mabire-Yon, Alice Le Bonniec, Siméone Arnaud, Marie Préau","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2246126","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2246126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Pandemic-induced anxiety can have adverse mental and somatic health consequences on cancer patients (CP). This study aimed to (1) explore the intricate relationships between worry related to potential SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 perception, sociodemographic factors, and the perceived effectiveness of lockdown measures and (2) investigate if these relationships differ between cancer patients and individuals without a history of cancer (IWHC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative study in France between December 1 and 14, 2020. Network analysis was employed on a sample of 1889 women, including 282 cancer patients and 1607 noncancer individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings indicate that CP were 20% more likely to express worry than IWHC. Anxiety is embedded within a complex network involving sociodemographic, cognitive, and emotional factors. The emotional components related to COVID-19 perception were found to play a crucial role. The networks for both groups were observed to be identical.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study underscores the heightened vulnerability of cancer patients to pandemic-induced anxiety, emphasizing the crucial role of emotional components related to COVID-19 perception. The observed similarities in the anxiety network between cancer patients and those without a history of cancer suggest that universal approaches might be effective across groups.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Utilizing the Causal Attitude Network Model, we propose potential methods for managing and reducing individual anxiety levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"315-332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10141154","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":"To be or not to be.","authors":"Shruti Gohel, Viraj Lavingia","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2330418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2330418","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"573-575"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177140","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}
Ellen Johnson, Sung Won Choi, John Stratton, Alison Sylvia, Flora Hoodin, Kristen Votruba
{"title":"Cognitive performance and mortality among patients receiving autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant.","authors":"Ellen Johnson, Sung Won Choi, John Stratton, Alison Sylvia, Flora Hoodin, Kristen Votruba","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2342843","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2342843","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) are at risk for death and remain understudied relative to those undergoing allogeneic HCT. Cognitive functioning may be a useful indicator of mortality risk. We examined cognition among patients who underwent autologous HCT and its relationship to mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 51; 11 patients deceased) completed tasks of processing speed, working memory, executive-mediated learning, and visual recall using the computerized CogState battery prior to HCT, 30 days post-autologous HCT, and 100 days post-autologous HCT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Slower processing speed (HR = 3.00) and more errors on an executive-mediated visual learning task (HR = 2.78) prior to HCT were associated with an increased risk of death following HCT. Our sample size limited longitudinal analyses of whether cognitive change predicted survival, however descriptive cognitive data of the deceased versus living patient's performances over time suggested different patterns of performance across groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Pre-HCT cognition may have utility as an indicator of mortality risk following autologous HCT. More research is needed to examine whether cognitive changes after HCT could also predict mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"844-858"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141082509","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}
Robert Knoerl, Timothy S Sannes, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Elizabeth S Frank, Anne McTiernan, Eric P Winer, Melinda L Irwin, Jennifer A Ligibel
{"title":"Exploring anxiety as an influencing factor of the impact of exercise and mind-body prehabilitation on cognitive functioning among women undergoing breast cancer surgery.","authors":"Robert Knoerl, Timothy S Sannes, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Elizabeth S Frank, Anne McTiernan, Eric P Winer, Melinda L Irwin, Jennifer A Ligibel","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2282021","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2282021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this secondary analysis was to describe the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and perceived stress among women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and the impact of baseline and changes in anxiety on cognitive functioning following exercise and mind-body prehabilitation interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample consisted of 49 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer (stages I-III) who planned to undergo breast cancer surgery at two academic cancer centers. Participants were randomized to receive an exercise or mind-body prehabilitation intervention between the time of diagnosis and breast cancer surgery. Participants completed self-report measures of anxiety, depression (HADS), perceived stress, and cognitive functioning (EORTC-QLQ-C30) at study enrollment and prior to surgery (post-intervention). The relationships between change in cognitive functioning and change in anxiety among all participants were estimated using linear regression modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant proportion of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer had clinically significant anxiety (34.0%). Greater anxiety was moderately associated with worse cognitive functioning (<i>r</i> = -0.33) at baseline. Linear modeling found that changes in cognitive functioning and anxiety were inversely related: Each one-unit decrease in anxiety was associated with a two-unit improvement in cognitive function (<i>p</i> = .06).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Anxiety was common in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer and was related to worse cognitive functioning. Assessment of anxiety at the time of diagnosis may allow for earlier anxiety management and subsequent improvement in cognitive functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"448-456"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138478970","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}
Blanca S Noriega Esquives, Emily A Walsh, Frank J Penedo, Jessica L Thomas, Fiona S Horner, Joanna B Torzewski, William J Gradishar, David E Victorson, Patricia I Moreno
{"title":"Coping strategies and psychosocial resources among women living with metastatic breast cancer: A qualitative study.","authors":"Blanca S Noriega Esquives, Emily A Walsh, Frank J Penedo, Jessica L Thomas, Fiona S Horner, Joanna B Torzewski, William J Gradishar, David E Victorson, Patricia I Moreno","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2254754","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2254754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Despite more women living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), this population is underrepresented in cancer survivorship research. Few studies have assessed how women with MBC cope with their cancer experience. This qualitative study describes the coping strategies and psychosocial resources utilized by women living with MBC.<b>Methods:</b> Twenty-two women with MBC participated in four focus groups. Transcripts were analyzed using a general inductive approach. Codes derived from participants' responses were subsequently condensed into themes.<b>Results:</b> We identified 12 coping strategies and psychosocial resources and grouped them into five themes: <i>Behavioral Coping Strategies</i> (i.e. stress management, active coping and planning); <i>Cognitive Coping Strategies and Psychological Resources</i> (i.e. cognitive reappraisal, optimism, mindfulness, positive thinking, and religious coping); <i>Existential Approach-Oriented Coping</i> (i.e. acceptance, values-based living, and identity integration); <i>Avoidance</i> (i.e. avoidant coping); and <i>Interpersonal Resources and Seeking Social Support</i> (i.e. social support).<b>Conclusions:</b> Women living with MBC utilize several engagement and disengagement coping strategies, as well as intrapersonal and interpersonal resources. This study provides useful perspectives of women living with MBC that may inform the development of psychosocial interventions. Further research is needed to assess coping strategies and psychosocial resources across different subgroups of MBC patients and determine their impact on cancer outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"381-397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10927610/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10216615","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}
Yoonji Kim, Jimi Huh, Kimberly A Miller, Anamara Ritt-Olson, Michael A Hoyt, Joel Milam
{"title":"Clinical, demographic factors, and substance use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic young adult childhood cancer survivors.","authors":"Yoonji Kim, Jimi Huh, Kimberly A Miller, Anamara Ritt-Olson, Michael A Hoyt, Joel Milam","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2326148","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2024.2326148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study is to examine the protective and risk factors of substance use behaviors (tobacco, marijuana, e-cigarette, and alcohol) among young adult childhood cancer survivors. The study focused on clinical (receipt of cancer-related follow-up care, treatment intensity, late effects, depressive symptoms, self-rated health) and demographic (race/ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status) factors and their associations with substance use.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were from the Project Forward cohort, a population-based study of young adult survivors of childhood cancers. Participants (<i>N</i> = 1166, M<sub>age</sub> = 25.1 years) were recruited through the Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program (Cancer Registry covering Los Angeles County, California). Multivariate path analyses were performed with substance use as the outcome variables and clinical and demographic factors as independent variables. Covariates included age and sex.</p><p><strong>Finding: </strong>Substance use was positively associated with depressive symptoms, and inversely associated with cancer-related follow-up care, female sex, age, Hispanic ethnicity, treatment intensity, and self-rated health. Neighborhood SES was inversely associated with tobacco use, while being positively associated with binge drinking and e-cigarette use. The results highlight the interrelationship between the clinical and demographic variables and their associations with different substance use.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings support the need for effective interventions targeting substance use behavior among CCS. This will help improve long-term outcomes and mitigate the risk for early morbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"793-810"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415543/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186000","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}
Michelle Ferretti, Kimberly Lowery Walker, Jennifer Bires, Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc
{"title":"Building coping skills to relieve distress and physical symptoms: Findings from a quality improvement project of a five-week group psychoeducational program for cancer patients.","authors":"Michelle Ferretti, Kimberly Lowery Walker, Jennifer Bires, Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2238263","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2238263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To examine the effectiveness of Mind Over Matter (MOM), a group psychosocial intervention based on CBT, ACT, and mind-body interventions, from data collected during a quality improvement project. MOM was offered in person prior to COVID-19 and <i>via</i> telehealth after COVID-19 began.</p><p><p>Distress, as measured by anxiety, depression, the severity of physical symptoms and the impact of physical symptoms on daily functioning, was measured pre- and post-MOM.</p><p><p>The sample included 46 participants with an experience of cancer ranging in age from 31 to 75.</p><p><p>Overall, there were significant differences in anxiety, depression, and physical symptom severity and interference pre and post MOM. The in-person intervention showed significant differences in anxiety, depression, and physical symptom interference. There were significant differences in anxiety and physical symptom severity reported in the telehealth groups.</p><p><p>MOM may be an effective psychosocial intervention for addressing cancer-related physical and emotional challenges making it a valuable resource for institutions trying to meet needs identified by distress screenings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"256-270"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9856113","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}
Larissa Lee White, Shauna R Goldberg, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Andrea N Burnett-Hartman
{"title":"Depression, anxiety, & loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Larissa Lee White, Shauna R Goldberg, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Andrea N Burnett-Hartman","doi":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2238192","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07347332.2023.2238192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression, anxiety, and loneliness between those with and without a history of cancer.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This prospective observational study used a quantitative approach.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Adult members of the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank (<i>N</i> = 104,640).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants completed a series of surveys from May to December 2020. The difference in score of depression, anxiety, and loneliness were estimated using linear mixed regression.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Among cancer survivors, 21% and 19% met the thresholds for increased risk of depression and anxiety. Among cancer survivors, younger age groups and females reported increased depression, anxiety, and loneliness scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights the continued necessity of addressing mental health needs and social support in cancer survivors during and after a public health emergency.</p><p><strong>Implications for psychosocial providers: </strong>Cancer survivors may need particular resources after cancer treatment to strengthen resilience and improve quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":47451,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychosocial Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"242-255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9861527","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}