ArticlePsycho-oncology2020
Cancer worry and empathy moderate the effect of a survivorship-focused intervention on quality of life.
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- Survivorship care for patients curatively treated for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a scoping review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Implications of perceived empathy from spouses during pregnancy for health-related quality of life among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study in Anhui, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Personalized surveillance and aftercare for non-metastasized breast cancer: the NABOR study protocol of a multiple interrupted time series design.BMC cancer · 2023Article
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- Exploring the Impact of Language Concordance on Cancer Communication.JCO oncology practice · 2022Article
- Empathic communication: The premise of inclusive care for historically excluded populations.Cancer · 2022Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical oncology practice-Results of an SSO survey.Journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Thinking ahead: Parents' worries about late effects of childhood cancer treatment.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2021Article
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined the impact of a survivorship planning consultation (SPC) for patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma and diffuses large B-cell lymphoma on quality of life (QOL). We specifically assessed two potential moderators, cancer worry and perceived empathy, of the intervention effects on QOL.
methodsThis cluster randomized, four-site trial examined the efficacy of a SPC; physicians received communication skills training and applied these skills in a survivorship-focused office visit using a care plan vs a control arm in which physicians were trained to and subsequently provided a time-controlled, manualized wellness rehabilitation consultation focused only on discussion of healthy nutrition and exercise. We examined the effect of the intervention on patients' QOL and examined potential moderators-cancer worry and perceived physician empathy.
resultsForty-two physicians and 198 patients participated. There was no main effect of the intervention on any of the QOL dimensions (ps > 0.10). However, cancer worry was a significant moderator of the effects of the intervention on three QOL domains (physical P = .04; social P = .04; spiritual P = .01) and perceived empathy was a significant moderator of QOL (physical P = .004; psychological P = .04; social P = .01). Specifically, the beneficial effects of the intervention were more pronounced among patients who initially reported higher levels of cancer worry and lower levels of physician empathy.
conclusionsThis study identified two factors, perceived empathy and cancer worry, that were found to impact the QOL of patients who participated in this communication-based survivorship intervention.
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