SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
The influence of socio-demographics and clinical characteristics on coping strategies in cancer patients: a systematic review.
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- Optimizing patient-reported sociodemographic measures in health care - a national example of the development and evaluation of a practical standardized instrument for collecting patient data in studies.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
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- Dissecting component-specific and sustained benefits of integrated psychosocial-nutritional care in gastric oncology.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- 'Balancing Challenges and Personal Resources': A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences of Arm Impairment After Axillary Surgery for Breast Cancer.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Uncertainty and hope in people with metastatic uveal melanoma in the era of immunotherapy and targeted treatments: a theory-based qualitative study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Taking action, return-to-work strategies used by Iranian cancer survivors: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Differences in Emotional Awareness Moderate Cytokine-Symptom Associations Among Breast Cancer Survivors.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025Article
- Effective and ineffective psychological adjustment in breast cancer patients before receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: insights from a cohort study.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Narratives of resilience: Understanding Iranian breast cancer survivors through health belief model and stress-coping theory for enhanced interventions.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Coping in patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation.Blood advances · 2024Article
- What patients with advanced cancer experience as helpful in navigating their life with a long-term response: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Comparative Study of the Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Oncology Patients.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Fear of war in Germany: An observational study.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Exploring the Use of a Digital Platform for Cancer Patients to Report Their Demographics, Disease and Therapy Characteristics, Age, and Educational Disparities: An Early-Stage Feasibility Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesCancer is a frequent illness and a traumatic experience for both patients and their families. This systematic review aims to analyse studies that examine socio-demographic and clinical characteristics that predict the coping strategies in cancer patients.
methodsFrom January 2000 to March 2021, the database searches were conducted in 7 different databases, using relevant keywords. According to PRISMA Statements, full-text, peer-reviewed articles in English which used socio-demographics as independent variables and coping as dependent variables were included.
resultsOf 1101 abstracts and titles, 30 full-text papers were included. Overall results showed a great influence of socio-demographic characteristics (such as women, younger, in a relationship, with high educational level, with active work status, and high income) on positive coping strategies adopted by cancer patients. Regarding clinical characteristics, no-metastatic patients who have recently been diagnosed, especially in the early stage of cancer, and who know the characteristics of their illness and treatments, more frequently used adaptive coping strategies.
conclusionsBoth socio-demographics and clinical characteristics showed considerable influence on the coping strategies adopted by patients in most of the investigations. These results supported the assessment of basic patients' information (sociodemographic and clinical characteristics) as fundamental to quickly outline an efficient, supportive, and holistic taking-over, before all the essential and in-depth considerations.
trial registrationThis systematic review was recorded in PROSPERO with the registration number: CRD42021254776.
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