ReviewCurrent breast cancer reports
Illness Perceptions in Women with Breast Cancer-a Systematic Literature Review.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Functional Impairments and Work-Related Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Psychotherapy on Illness Perception and Inner Strength among Patients with Breast Cancer in Iran.Journal of religion and health · 2022Trial
- Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with breast cancer using a fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the phase 2 DIRECT (BOOG 2013-14) trial.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Trial
- Verbal and Visuo-Graphic Measures of Illness Perceptions Predict Quality of Life and Symptoms Among Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease.Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 2026Article
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- Can illness representations be used to understand pain experienced in breast cancer survivorship-a cross-sectional study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Prevalence and influencing factors of the dyadic psychological stress among patients with lung cancer and their family caregivers: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Relationship between disease perception and feelings of powerlessness in lymphoma patients: the mediating effect of social support and level of hope.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Development and preliminary validation of the Dietary Self-management Behavior Questionnaire (DSMBQ) for breast cancer patients during chemotherapy: three rounds of survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence as predictors of subsequent pain interference in early cancer survivorship: Exploring the moderating roles of cognitive and emotional factors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
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- The Illness Perceptions and Coping Experiences of Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Their Spousal Caregivers: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perspectives on health, illness, disease and management approaches among Baganda traditional spiritual healers in Central Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The role of illness-related cognition in the relationships between resilience and depression/anxiety in nasopharyngeal cancer patients.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on the Level of Hope in Women with Breast Cancer.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of the worry about cancer recurrence among women with breast cancer.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Factors related to preoperative uncertainty among patients with breast cancer in Wenzhou, China: A cross-sectional study.Belitung nursing journal · 2023Article
- PRO Hair Safe Study: The Patient's Perspective on the Effects of Scalp Cooling on Hair Preservation.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2023Article
- How Do Healthy Women Perceive the Risk of Breast Cancer? The Role of Illness Perceptions and Compared Risk between Portugal and the U.A.E.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relations between recurrence risk perceptions and fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer survivors.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
Women with breast cancer respond to the illness and its medical management in their own personal way. Their coping behavior and self-management are determined by their views (cognitions) and feelings (emotions) about symptoms and illness: their illness perceptions. This paper reports the results of a systematic literature review of illness perceptions and breast cancer. In the 12 studies identified, published between 2012 and 2015, illness perceptions were found to be important concomitants of medical and behavioral outcomes: fear of recurrence, distress, quality of life, satisfaction with medical care, use of traditional healers, and risk perception. Intervention studies are called for where the effects are examined of replacing unhelpful illness perceptions by more constructive ones. Health care providers do well by incorporating illness perceptions in their care for women with breast cancer, as this is instrumental in improving patients' quality of life.
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