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- Title
Coping Resources and Self-Rated Health Among Latina Breast Cancer Survivors.
- Authors
Nápoles, Anna M.; Ortíz, Carmen; O'Brien, Helen; Sereno, Andrea B.; Kaplan, Celia P.
- Abstract
Purpose/Objectives: To examine relationships between coping resources and self-rated health among Latina breast cancer survivors.Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey.Setting: Four northern California counties.Sample: 330 Latina breast cancer survivors within one to five years of diagnosis.Methods: Telephone survey conducted by bilingual and bicultural interviewers.Main Research Variables: Predictors were sociodemographic and clinical factors, cancer self-efficacy, spirituality, and social support from family, friends, and oncologists. Outcomes were functional limitations and self-rated health.Findings: Twenty-two percent of women reported functional limitations (n = 73) and 27% reported poor or fair self-rated health (n = 89). Unemployment (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 7.06; 95% confidence interval [CI] [2.04, 24.46]), mastectomy (AOR = 2.67; 95% CI [1.06, 6.77]), and comorbidity (AOR = 4.09; 95% CI [1.69, 9.89]) were associated with higher risk of functional limitations; cancer self-efficacy had a protective effect (AOR = 0.4, 95% CI [0.18, 0.9]). Comorbidity was associated with higher risk of poor or fair self-rated health (AOR = 4.95; 95% CI [2.13, 11.47]); cancer self-efficacy had a protective effect (AOR = 0.3; 95% CI [0.13, 0.66]).Conclusions: Comorbidities place Latina breast cancer survivors at increased risk for poor health. Cancer self-efficacy deserves more attention as a potentially modifiable protective factor.Implications for Nursing: Nurses need to assess the impact of comorbidity on functioning and can reinforce patients' sense of control over cancer and clinician support.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; BREAST tumors; ACCULTURATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ANALYSIS of variance; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; CONCEPTUAL structures; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH status indicators; HISPANIC Americans; INTERVIEWING; LIFE skills; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; SELF-efficacy; SELF-evaluation; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; TELEPHONES; THEORY; DATA analysis; SOCIAL support; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; CANCER &; psychology
- Publication
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 5, p523
- ISSN
0190-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/11.ONF.523-531