ArticleAging & mental health2021
Age differences in cancer-related stress, spontaneous emotion regulation, and emotional distress.
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- Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients in low-and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- No evidence of a causal relationship between negative emotions and glaucoma: evidence triangulation from genetic correlation, Mendelian randomisation and colocalisation.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2025Article
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- Understanding psychological distress affecting surgical oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic-experience from a tertiary cancer care center in the Middle East.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Association between positive affect, flourishing, quality of life, and psychological distress in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesCancer risk increases with age, cancer-related stress is common and devastating to mental health of patients, yet little work has explored age differences in cancer-related stress. This study investigated sources of stress related to cancer diagnosis and treatment and its association with age and emotional health. Though not an
methodParticipants (
resultsThe greatest source of stress at diagnosis was psychological; physical symptoms were the greatest source of stress at treatment. Older adults less frequently reported psychological uncertainty, social stress, and situational stress, whereas age groups reported similar rates of physical stress. When describing stress, older adults more often made spontaneous references to emotion regulation (ER). Across age groups, those who reported stress without ER in qualitative comments had higher emotional distress on the PROMIS-29 than those reporting stress with ER or no stress.
conclusionER may be key to psychological adjustment to cancer, especially in later-life. implications for assessment of stress at pivotal visits and mental health referral are discussed.
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