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- Title
Clinical variables correlated with coping patterns in a sample of Egyptian female patients with breast cancer.
- Authors
Soltan, Marwa; ElGhonemy, Soheir Helmy; Sabri, Walla; El-Serafi, Doha
- Abstract
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and is responsible for the second largest number of cancer-related deaths in women. Understanding the coping patterns among those patients has always been a challenge.To study the impact of clinical variables and life stresses on the coping strategies of patients with breast cancer.One hundred female Egyptian patients with breast cancer were selected from the follow-up oncology clinic at Ain Shams University Hospitals. They were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis according to the criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. Axis-I - clinical version, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Dealing with Illness Coping Inventory, and the Social Readjustment Rating Questionnaire.Data showed that the avoidance coping method and the active positive involvement strategy were more frequently used by patients with breast cancer who had depression; they were more subjected to less affectionate social support. However, those who had anxiety disorders used the passive resignation coping strategy more frequently; in addition, the more social support they received, the milder the form of anxiety they suffered. The impact of life stresses was modulated by the patients’ active coping methods and strategies; they lied more on active behavioral and active cognitive coping methods rather than avoidant coping methods.Active coping methods and strategies were less evident among those patients with breast cancer who had either depression or anxiety disorders. Those who were facing moderate life stresses used the active coping methods more frequently, which allowed them to better deal with their cancer. The results of this study suggest that interventions should promote patients’ perceived self-efficacy and meaning-focused coping strategies to increase physical, emotional, and social well-being.
- Publication
Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 3, p157
- ISSN
2090-5408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/01.XME.0000415418.77067.97