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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Social Support and Fear of Cancer Recurrence Among Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors: The Mediation Role of Illness Uncertainty.

Zhichao Yu, Di Sun, Jia Sun

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhichao YuIntensive Care Unit, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Di SunSchool of Nursing, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China.
Jia SunDepartment of Obstetrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
China Medical University · CNLiaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To examine the relations between social support, illness uncertainty (IU), and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). Methods: Using data from a convenience sample of 231 breast cancer survivors in China to perform structural equation modeling with bootstrapping estimation. Participants were recruited from a general hospital in Shenyang, China. Participants completed the Perceived Social Support Scale, Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, and Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory- Shorter Form. Results: The majority of breast cancer survivors have FCR (67.5%). FCR was significantly negatively associated with social support, and was significantly positively associated with IU (both Conclusion: The findings support the final model. Good social support can directly mitigate FCR, while illness uncertainty can play a mediation role between social support and FCR. Further studies should be conducted to explore effective interventions for social support and IU to ultimately mitigate FCR in cancer survivors.

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breast cancerfear of cancer recurrenceillness uncertaintysocial supportstructural equation model

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