The relationship between the sense of community and health-related quality of life of female cancer survivors
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description: Currently there are roughly 12 million individuals alive today with a history of cancer (USCS, 2010). Research has shown that cancer and its treatment exact significant psychosocial effects, and that further research on the relationship between the survivor’s association with their family, community and larger society and their HRQOL is an important question for study (ACS, 2010; Albrecht & Devlieger, 1999; IOM, 2005; NCI, 2010). Due to the nature of the disease and treatment modalities typically utilized, many cancer survivors report psychosocial and HRQOL effects (Aziz, 2002, 2007; Bloom, 2008). In the case of women who are diagnosed with cancer, research has shown that female survivors report more psychosocial and emotional distress than men (Langeveld, Grootenhuis, Voute, & de Haan, 2004; Taieb, Moro, Baubet, Revah-Levy, & Flament, 2003). Supported by the survivorship literature is the notion that regardless of the cancer type, virtually all individuals experience altered relationships to some extent (Zebrack, Yi, Petersen, & Ganz, 2008). Dependence and/or independence issues, altered and/or reduced support, isolation and loneliness as a result of the sequelae associated with diagnosis and treatment are often reported (Montazeri, 2008; Robb, et al., 2007; Zebrack et al., 2008). As cancer and its treatment often leave its victims highly vulnerable, the sense of community (SOC) one receives from others throughout the continuum of care has been suggested to positively influence their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (Albrecht & Devlieger, 1999). As female survivors of cancer are embedded in multiple communities, often within a single day, there is a need to extend current research to better understand how these multiple senses of community may be related to their HRQOL. This has been clearly recognized as an important topic in need of further investigation as both the American Cancer Association [ACS] (2010), National Cancer Institute [NCI] (2005) and the Ins…
abstract: Currently there are roughly 12 million individuals alive today with a history of cancer (USCS, 2010). Research has shown that cancer and its treatment exact significant psychosocial effects, and that further research on the relationship between the survivor’s association with their family, community and larger society and their HRQOL is an important question for study (ACS, 2010; Albrecht & Devlieger, 1999; IOM, 2005; NCI, 2010). Due to the nature of the disease and treatment modalities typically utilized, many cancer survivors report psychosocial and HRQOL effects (Aziz, 2002, 2007; Bloom, 2008). In the case of women who are diagnosed with cancer, research has shown that female survivors report more psychosocial and emotional distress than men (Langeveld, Grootenhuis, Voute, & de Haan, 2004; Taieb, Moro, Baubet, Revah-Levy, & Flament, 2003). Supported by the survivorship literature is the notion that regardless of the cancer type, virtually all individuals experience altered relationships to some extent (Zebrack, Yi, Petersen, & Ganz, 2008). Dependence and/or independence issues, altered and/or reduced support, isolation and loneliness as a result of the sequelae associated with diagnosis and treatment are often reported (Montazeri, 2008; Robb, et al., 2007; Zebrack et al., 2008). As cancer and its treatment often leave its victims highly vulnerable, the sense of community (SOC) one receives from others throughout the continuum of care has been suggested to positively influence their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (Albrecht & Devlieger, 1999). As female survivors of cancer are embedded in multiple communities, often within a single day, there is a need to extend current research to better understand how these multiple senses of community may be related to their HRQOL. This has been clearly recognized as an important topic in need of further investigation as both the American Cancer Association [ACS] (2010), National Cancer Institute [NCI] (2005) and the Ins…
author: Jones, Jesse
language: en
keywords: Cancer, Sense of Community (SOC), Community, Recreation, Lesiure, Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), Women, Female
date published: 2012-09-18T21:10:59Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:31Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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