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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2018

Coping strategies, trajectories, and their associations with patient-reported outcomes among women with ovarian cancer.

Vanessa L Beesley, David D Smith, Christina M Nagle, Michael Friedlander, Peter Grant, Anna DeFazio, Penelope M Webb, OPAL Study Group

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Vanessa L BeesleyGynaecological Cancers Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia. Vanessa.Beesley@qimrberghofer.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5081-1800
David D SmithStatistics Unit, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Christina M NagleGynaecological Cancers Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
Michael FriedlanderDepartment of Medical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Peter GrantGynaecological Oncology Unit, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, Australia.
Anna DeFazioThe Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Penelope M WebbGynaecological Cancers Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
OPAL Study Group

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National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1025142, GNT1073898, GNT1043134
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Abstract

objectiveMost women with ovarian cancer present with advanced stage disease and face aggressive treatments, recurrence, and possible death, yet little is known about how they cope. Our objective was to identify coping strategies used by women with ovarian cancer and their trajectories of use after diagnosis and to assess if coping trajectories are associated with subsequent anxiety, depression, or quality of life.

methodsWomen with ovarian cancer completed questionnaires including the Brief-COPE, HADS, and FACT at 3, 6, and 9 months after diagnosis and the HADS and FACT at 12 months. Using data from 634 women who completed the 3-month questionnaire, factor analysis was conducted to identify coping strategy clusters. Trajectory modeling was used to assess patterns of coping over time. Associations between coping trajectory from 3 to 9 months and patient-reported outcomes at 12 months were investigated using general linear models.

resultsThree coping strategy clusters were identified. Use of "taking action/positive framing" followed four distinct trajectories over time: low-stable (44%), medium-stable (32%), medium-decreasing (11%), high-stable (12%). Use of "social/emotional support" had four trajectories: low-increasing (7%), low-decreasing (44%), medium-decreasing (40%), and high-stable (8%). Women either "accepted their reality" (26%) or "used some denial" (74%). Women who accepted reality reported significantly less anxiety and depression and better quality of life at 12 months. Women with high-stable use of taking action/positive framing reported less depression. Women with high-stable use of social/emotional support reported better quality of life.

conclusionsStrategies to assist women with acceptance, action-planning, positive-framing, and maintaining psychosocial support should be considered.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOvarian NeoplasmsQuality of LifeSocial SupportSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAnxietyCopingDepressionOvarian cancerQuality of life

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