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Karathanou I, Bebetsos E, Filippou F, Psirri A, Konas I. Greek Traditional Dance as a Practice for Managing Stress and Anxiety in Cancer Patients. JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER EDUCATION 2021; 36:1269-1276. [PMID: 32388774 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-020-01761-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stress and anxiety levels in cancer patients tend to decrease by performing bodily-kinesthetic and musical activities. The hypothesis of the present study is that attending lessons in Greek traditional dance is an effective method for managing anxiety and stress in patients diagnosed with cancer of any type both during and after treatment. The study was conducted on 300 cancer patients (150 experimental subjects, 150 controls) selected by Attica hospitals and nonprofit cancer patients' organizations. Each patient in the experimental group attended an 8-week Greek traditional dance lesson program. Lessons were held twice per week, lasting 60 min each. A similar group of cancer patients not participating in any organized physical activity during the same time period served as a control group. Data were collected using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (Dass-21) questionnaire and subjected to reliability analysis (Cronbach's alpha) and deviation-dependent analysis (one-way repeated). Both stress and anxiety values decreased significantly in the experimental group (stress value: initial mean = 16.27, second mean = 2.58, final mean = 6.77, p < 0.001; anxiety value: initial mean = 15.59, second mean = 2.81, final mean = 5.35, p < 0.001). In contrast, no significant fluctuation was observed in the control group. Thus, there was a significant decrease in stress and anxiety values in cancer patients who attended Greek traditional dances lessons with important psychotherapeutic significance.
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- Ioanna Karathanou
- School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece.
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- School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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- School of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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- School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Attica, Athens, Greece
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- National School of Public Health, University of Western Attica, Athens, Greece
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Molinaro J, Banerjee A, Lyndon S, Slocum S, Danhieux-Poole C, Restivo-Pritzl C, Uselmann AM, Wallace L, Knight JM. Reducing distress and depression in cancer patients during survivorship. Psychooncology 2021; 30:962-969. [PMID: 33797112 DOI: 10.1002/pon.5683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Distress and depression are prevalent in cancer patients throughout survivorship and are associated with adverse outcomes. This study examines the association between outpatient psycho-oncology treatment and distress and depression in cancer patients. METHODS This is a prospective observational study of adult patients with a primary diagnosis of cancer referred for psycho-oncology services. Patients were seen for two psycho-oncology visits in a single clinical setting with various qualified providers. Patients completed the distress thermometer and problem checklist (DT + PL) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at the beginning of their first and second visits and repeated the DT at the end of these visits. RESULTS The analysis included 174 patients seen once and 69 patients seen twice. Patients were seen on average 2.5 years after diagnosis. Both visits were associated with significant reductions in distress (5.56 before and 3.85 after for visit 1, p < 0.001; 4.92 before and 3.43 after for visit 2, p < 0.001). There was a significant reduction in distress from baseline to after visit 2 (p < 0.001). Depression scores significantly decreased from the first to second visits (8.79-7.57; p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Psycho-oncology services were associated with significant reductions in distress and depression, with scores after services no longer meeting criteria for clinically significant distress (DT scores ≥ 4) and depression (PHQ-9 scores ≥ 8) as they did at baseline. Reductions in distress and depression were not significantly associated with provider type, intervention or timing of diagnosis. These findings support the use of psycho-oncology services in cancer patients throughout survivorship.
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- Jessica Molinaro
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.,Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Licht T, Nickels A, Rumpold G, Holzner B, Riedl D. Evaluation by electronic patient-reported outcomes of cancer survivors' needs and the efficacy of inpatient cancer rehabilitation in different tumor entities. Support Care Cancer 2021; 29:5853-5864. [PMID: 33755805 PMCID: PMC8410699 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06123-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated cancer survivors' health-related quality of life (HRQOL), specific deficiencies related to underlying disease or treatment, and benefits of rehabilitation in a large variety of cancer entities. PATIENTS AND METHODS Electronic patient-reported outcomes were performed as clinical routine procedures. Cancer survivors underwent a 3-week multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation. Twenty-one different cancer entities were analyzed separately before (T0) and by the end (T1) of rehabilitation. HRQOL, symptoms, and functions were assessed with EORTC-QLQ-C30 questionnaire, psychological distress with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). RESULTS Four thousand four hundred one of 5912 rehabilitants were evaluable, having completed both questionnaires at T0 and T1. All function mean scores and HRQOL were lower than in Austrian normal population, while levels of anxiety, depression, and all symptom scores were higher. HRQOL was particularly low in lung, liver, and bladder cancer patients. Maximum anxiety levels were observed in patients with breast and thyroid cancer patients, the highest levels of depression in liver and brain cancer patients. Fatigue was severe in patients with lung, liver, esophageal, bladder cancer, and myeloma patients. Mean scores were also high for pain and insomnia. In the group of all rehabilitants, a highly significant improvement of global HRQOL, anxiety, depression, and all function and symptom scores was observed at T1 (p < 0.001). We noted significant improvement of HRQOL, anxiety, depression, fatigue, emotional, social, role, and physical functions in each cancer entity with medium to large effect sizes. Other recorded symptoms were reduced in the majority of cancers. CONCLUSION Rehabilitation effectively improves psychological distress and HRQOL as a part of treatment for various cancers.
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- Thomas Licht
- Onkologisches Rehabilitationszentrum St. Veit im Pongau, St. Veiter St. 48, A-5621, St. Veit im Pongau, Austria. .,Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Vienna, Austria.
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- Onkologisches Rehabilitationszentrum St. Veit im Pongau, St. Veiter St. 48, A-5621, St. Veit im Pongau, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Ang WHD, Lau Y, Ngo LPE, Siew AL, Ang NKE, Lopez V. Path analysis of survivorship care needs, symptom experience, and quality of life among multiethnic cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 2020; 29:1433-1441. [PMID: 32676855 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05631-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Cancer survivors continue to experience issues that persist across the survivorship trajectory. This study aims to explore the relationship among survivorship care need, symptom experience, and quality of life (QoL) of multiethnic cancer survivors by using path analytic methods. METHODS Participants were recruited from an academic medical center in Singapore that provides inpatient and outpatient oncology and hematology service. The Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs measure, physical effects subscale of the Cancer Survivors' Survey of Needs tool, and a Global QoL 10-point Likert scale were used to identify survivorship care needs, symptom experience, and QoL. Descriptive statistics were used to compute sociodemographic information, total survivorship needs, symptom experienced, and quality of life scores. The symptom experience model was used as the hypothetical model. The Analysis of Moment Structure was used to conduct the path analysis to evaluate the relationship between survivorship care needs, symptom experience, and quality of life. RESULTS Older cancer survivors were more likely to have spent a longer duration having cancer. Males were unlikely to suffer from solid tumor malignancies. Survivors with solid tumor malignancies were less likely to require supportive care. Survivors who require more supportive care were more likely to have a greater symptom burden. Cancer survivors with more symptoms have poorer QoL. The findings from this study partially supported the symptom experience model. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reveal that cancer survivors continue to experience symptoms across the survivorship trajectory. The results provide information for nurses during the planning and execution of survivorship care.
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- Wei How Darryl Ang
- Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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- Division of Oncology Nursing, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Nursing, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Nursing, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Nursing, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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The patient needs assessment in cancer care: identifying barriers and facilitators to implementation in the UK and Canada. Support Care Cancer 2020; 29:805-812. [PMID: 32500207 PMCID: PMC7767902 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05542-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Purpose Personalised information and support can be provided to cancer survivors using a structured approach. Needs assessment tools such as the Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) in the UK and the Comprehensive Problem and Symptom Screening (COMPASS) questionnaire in Canada are recommended for use in practice; however, they are not widely embedded into practice. The study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses working in cancer care in the UK and Manitoba value NA and identify any barriers and facilitators they experience. Method Oncology nurses involved in the care of cancer patients in the UK (n = 110) and Manitoba (n = 221) were emailed a link to an online survey by lead cancer nurses in the participating institutions. A snowball technique was used to increase participation across the UK resulting in 306 oncology nurses completing the survey in the UK and 116 in Canada. Results Participants expressed concerns that these assessments were becoming bureaucratic “tick-box exercises” which did not meet patients’ needs. Barriers to completion were time, staff shortages, lack of confidence, privacy, and resources. Facilitators were privacy for confidential discussions, training, confidence in knowledge and skills, and referral to resources. Conclusion Many busy oncology nurses completed this survey demonstrating the importance they attach to HNAs and COMPASS. The challenges faced with implementing these assessments into everyday practice require training, time, support services, and an appropriate environment. It is vital that the HNA and COMPASS are conducted at optimum times for patients to fully utilise time and resources.
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Zhang A, Hu R, Wang K, Antalis EP. Age moderates the association between psychological distress and engagement in mindfulness among cancer patients and survivors: A population-based study. J Psychosoc Oncol 2020; 38:513-526. [PMID: 32449497 DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2020.1764158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PURPOSE We aim to evaluate the relationship between psychological distress and engagement in mindfulness among a national representative sample of cancer survivors. SAMPLE AND DESIGN Using the 2017 National Health Interview Survey, our final analytical sample included 3068 participants who reported having been diagnosed with cancer. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We used logistic regression analysis to assess the association and to test age as a moderator. We also conducted follow-up analysis using Fisher's r-to-z transformation. All analyses were adjusted for complex sample weights. FINDINGS Cancer survivors who had subclinical and clinical psychological distress were more likely to engage in mindfulness, OR = 1.59, 95% CI [1.24, 2.02] and OR = 1.45, 95% CI [1.02, 2.05], respectively. Age significantly moderated such association with the relationship much stronger among those who are younger (younger than 65 years old) than those who are older (65 years or older), b = 0.97, 95% CI [0.95, 0.99]. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between psychological distress and engagement in mindfulness differs significantly by a survivor's age. Psychosocial oncological providers need to account for a survivor's age when delivering mindfulness based care to address psychological distress. IMPLICATIONS Providers should be mindful of a survivor's age when recommending mindfulness oriented practices.
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- Anao Zhang
- School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- School of Social Work, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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