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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Psycho-Oncology"”.
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Someone who understands: a qualitative study exploring cancer patients' experiences of psychotherapy in cancer care
… treated in many healthcare systems worldwide. Psycho-oncology is the specialist field concerned with the emotional distress of cancer. It focuses on understanding and treating the psychological impact of the disease and providing effective psycho-social care to all those affected by it, …
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Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer, by Age and Sex on Interest in Support Group Attendance
There are several psychosocial factors that can affect an individual diagnosed with cancer (Holland, 2003), and directly addressing these issues with patients is important for their overall care and quality of life (Holland, 1998). The practice of psycho-oncology has been designed to assess these …
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Posttraumatic growth as a discursive resource for managing identity after breast cancer : implications for theory, and counselling psychology practice
… fit between existing research and counselling psychology values. It is concluded that much of the existing research is framed within a realist perspective, and accordingly, accounts of PTG are viewed as stable internal beliefs rather than socially constructed ways of managing identity. The …
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Cancer survivors : a study of the lived experience of what cancer patients find therapeutic in psychotherapy
… what cancer patients found therapeutic in psychotherapy during the time of their illness or after. It also unearthed the manner in which cancer patients made sense of their lived experience. For this purpose, a retrospective study was used. Four females who were diagnosed with breast cancer …
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Reliability and Validity of the Outcome Questionnaire in a Heterogeneous Cancer Population
… Network (NCCN) now require integration of psychosocial care into the treatment of cancer patients to identify, monitor, and treat psychosocial distress. Despite the widespread use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) for these purposes, no gold standard PRO for assessing distress exists for …
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Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescent Cancer Survivors: Time Perspective and Positive Emotions as Mediators to Quality of Life and Benefit Finding
… are surviving at improved rates with levels of psychopathology in line with their healthy peers. Thus, recent psycho-oncology research is focusing on finding significant predictors to their positive adjustment and psychosocial functioning. The author examined adolescent cancer survivors (n = 50; …
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SELF-REPRESENTATIONS IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS: BODY IMAGE, INJURED SELF, AND AVAILABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
… years, research on the Self has burgeoned in the psychological field; however, knowledge gaps still exist because most studies have failed to acknowledge the multidimensional nature of self-representations in breast cancer patients and survivors. My Ph.D. thesis focuses on the impact of the Self …
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An Existential Punchline: How Humor Functions in a Young Adult Friendship Facing Advanced Cancer
… face unique challenges including higher rates of psychological distress, which may contribute to increased risk of social disconnection in response to cancer. Research suggests that humor may be a helpful coping approach and communication mechanism for mitigating distress and discussing difficult …
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Sentido y propósito de vida en personas con cáncer: estado del arte
… se obtuvo una publicación en la revista Psycho-Oncology. En este estudio se encontró que, aunque se observaron resultados positivos acerca de la relación entre el sentido de vida y la satisfacción con la vida, y el propósito de vida con la felicidad subjetiva, el número de estudios fue …
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Exploring the Relational Impact of Breast Cancer on Younger Women Partnered with Women
… their connection. The findings contribute to the psycho-oncology research literature by presenting an in-depth description of the lived experiences of women partnered with women, who are also younger in age, a population that has not been adequately represented in the literature. Further, it …
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The Psychosocial Cancer Evaluation Toolkit: developing a tailored evaluation protocol and interface for the evaluation of cancer support initiatives.
The psychological impact of a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent cancer journey on the individual is well recognised within the psycho-oncology literature, and within the UK alone there exists a plethora of psychosocial interventions and initiatives that seek to support those affected by cancer …
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The Unmet Psychosocial and Supportive Care Needs of Young Adults who have a Parent with a Non-Communicable Disease
… adult caregivers and ill individuals within psycho-oncology; findings indicate unmet needs are associated with negative affective state and caregiver burden. Research relating to adolescent children’s experiences of unmet needs during parental illness has, in the main, been based upon …
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The development of a psychosocial intervention to support caregivers in post-treatment cancer survivorship
… report unmet needs related to their physical, psychological, and social wellbeing, and caregiving role. However, there is little evidence to support the implementation of current psychosocial interventions for caregivers into practice, with a lack of specific focus on the needs of caregivers in …
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Survivors Of Pediatric Brain Tumors: Psychosocial Outcomes And Executive Function
… behaviors. Although no homogenous neuropsychological profile exists in patients with brain tumors, the most affected cognitive domains include EF and related processes, with the magnitude of effect increasing over time. Deficits in EF have been implicated in the etiology of …
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Assessing the psychosocial impact of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
… To date, limited research has focused on the psychosocial impact of receiving a MGUS diagnosis. This dissertation reports the findings from an exploratory-sequential mixed methods programme of work conducted to explore the lived experiences of MGUS patients with comparison to other …
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A prospective examination of change in executive function and physical activity in older breast cancer survivors
… genotype). The TLC study measured EF with neuropsychological tests and PA with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form. For aims 1 and 2, I used multiple regression with multiple imputation. Primary results showed no significant effect of EF change from baseline to 12 months …
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UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING ORAL MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN BREAST CANCER
… also collecting data on adherence and relevant psychological variables. Across all studies, adherence was confirmed as a multifactorial phenomenon, shaped by clinical, psychological, and relational factors. Interventions including prompts and behavioural feedback appeared most promising, while …