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- Title
Traumatic Distress and Positive Changes in Advanced Cancer Patients.
- Authors
Mystakidou, Kyriaki; Parpa, Efi; Tsilika, Eleni; Pathiaki, Maria; Galanos, Antonis; Vlahos, Lambros
- Abstract
This study investigated the traumatic distress and posttraumatic growth in 58 advanced cancer patients receiving palliative treatment in a Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit. The patients completed the Greek version of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Statistically significant associations were found among Impact of Events Scale-Revised-Greek "Relating to Others" (r = 0.311, P = .017), "New Possibilities" (r = 0.248, P = .050), and "Appreciation of Life" (r = 0.419, P = .001), and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory scores (r = 0.323, P = .013). Similarly, "Appreciation of Life" correlated significantly with "Avoidance" (r = 0.318, P = .0151, "Intrusion" (r = 0.365, P = .005), and "Hyperarousal" (r = 0.398, P = .11112). Statistically significant associations were also found between "Relating to Others" and "Intrusion" (r = (1.414, P = .001). The study concluded that in advanced cancer patients, the higher the impact event, the more improvement in their relationships with others, enhanced life appreciation, and more positive consequences after trauma.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; EMOTIONAL trauma; PALLIATIVE treatment of cancer; CANCER patients; CANCER treatment
- Publication
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2007, Vol 24, Issue 4, p270
- ISSN
1049-9091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049909107299917