Group-based trajectory modeling of fear of disease recurrence among women recently diagnosed with gynecological cancers Journal Article
| Authors: | Manne, S. L.; Myers-Virtue, S.; Kissane, D.; Ozga, M. L.; Kashy, D. A.; Rubin, S. C.; Rosenblum, N. G.; Heckman, C. J. |
| Article Title: | Group-based trajectory modeling of fear of disease recurrence among women recently diagnosed with gynecological cancers |
| Abstract: | Objective: Fear of cancer recurrence is an important clinical phenomenon and is associated with decrements in life domains. The study goals were to characterize patterns of global fear of recurrence (FOR) and 4 domains of fear (health, role, womanhood, and death worry) over time in women who were diagnosed with gynecological cancer and to identify demographic, medical, and psychological predictors of FOR. Method: One hundred eighteen women participating in the usual care arm of a randomized trial completed the Concerns about Recurrence scale as well as measures of depressive symptoms, cancer-specific distress, coping, coping efficacy, and social network responses at 4 time points. The majority of the sample was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Results: Group-based trajectory modeling identified subgroups of women with high-stable (49.1%), high-decreasing (25.3%), and low-stable (25.5%) trajectories for global FOR. For role worries, 3 similar group trajectories were identified. For health worries, modeling identified subgroups with high-decreasing (19.1%) and low-increasing (80.9%) trajectories. For womanhood worries, modeling identified subgroups with high-increasing (15.7%) and low-decreasing (84.2%) trajectories. Young age, metastatic cancer, depression, cancer distress, holding back, and lower coping efficacy were associated with the high-stable global FOR and at least 1 domain of FOR. Conclusion: Almost half of the women recently diagnosed with gynecological cancer evidence persistently elevated FOR over the 6-month period postdiagnosis. Psychological interventions to reduce FOR may be more effective if they focus on teaching patients coping skills, as well as greater comfort expressing cancer-specific concerns to others. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | adult; aged; major clinical study; cancer recurrence; cancer staging; endometrium cancer; demography; metastasis; ovary cancer; prediction; age; depression; uterine cervix cancer; distress syndrome; coping behavior; uterine tube carcinoma; fear; uterus cancer; women's health; female genital tract cancer; response time; gynecological cancer; psychological adaptation; social network; human; female; article; coping with cancer; emotional expressivity; recurrence fear |
| Journal Title: | Psycho-Oncology |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1057-9249 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Date Published: | 2017-11-01 |
| Start Page: | 1799 |
| End Page: | 1809 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pon.4223 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5507742 |
| PUBMED: | 27421919 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 December 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
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