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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020

Longitudinal associations between coping strategies, locus of control and health-related quality of life in patients with breast cancer or melanoma.

Anna Toscano, Myriam Blanchin, Marianne Bourdon, Angélique Bonnaud Antignac, Véronique Sébille

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Anna ToscanoUMR INSERM 1246, SPHERE "methodS in patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch", University of Nantes, University of Tours, 22 boulevard Benoni Goullin, Nantes, France.
Myriam BlanchinUMR INSERM 1246, SPHERE "methodS in patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch", University of Nantes, University of Tours, 22 boulevard Benoni Goullin, Nantes, France.
Marianne BourdonUMR INSERM 1246, SPHERE "methodS in patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch", University of Nantes, University of Tours, 22 boulevard Benoni Goullin, Nantes, France.
Angélique Bonnaud AntignacUMR INSERM 1246, SPHERE "methodS in patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch", University of Nantes, University of Tours, 22 boulevard Benoni Goullin, Nantes, France.
Véronique SébilleUMR INSERM 1246, SPHERE "methodS in patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch", University of Nantes, University of Tours, 22 boulevard Benoni Goullin, Nantes, France. veronique.sebille@univ-nantes.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0780-7742
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Funding

Institut National du Cancer INCA_6931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeA diagnosis of breast cancer or melanoma is a traumatic life event that patients have to face. However, their locus-of-control (LOC) beliefs and coping strategies as well as the associations with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) changes over time are still not well known and rarely compared by cancer site.

methodsThe objective of this longitudinal study was to assess the association of LOC (Cancer Locus-of-Control Scale) and coping (Brief Cope) changes, with change in HRQoL (EORTC QLQ-C30) over time in newly diagnosed breast cancer and melanoma patients at 1, 6, 12, and 24 month post-diagnosis. Mixed models were used to compare LOC and coping longitudinal changes as well as their associations with HRQoL changes in early-stage breast cancer and melanoma patients.

resultsOverall, 215 breast cancer and 78 melanoma patients participated in the study. At baseline, HRQoL levels were often higher for breast cancer compared to melanoma patients. For breast cancer and melanoma patients, negative coping strategies and perceived control over the course of illness were negatively and positively associated with HRQoL changes, respectively. For breast cancer patients only, emotional coping and internal causal attribution were negatively associated with HRQoL changes. For both cancer sites, living with a partner correlated with worse HRQoL.

conclusionsUnderstanding coping strategies and LOC beliefs used by patients soon after their cancer diagnosis and over the course of illness can help identifying psychological and supportive care to modify maladaptive thoughts and beliefs and promote more adaptive behaviors to ultimately improve patients' well-being and HRQoL.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalInternal-External ControlAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedQuality of LifeBreast cancerCopingHealth-related quality of lifeLocus of controlLongitudinal dataMelanoma

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