ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2023
Death anxiety predicts fear of Cancer recurrence and progression in ovarian Cancer patients over and above other cognitive factors.
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- A meta-analysis of death anxiety in people living with or beyond cancer: the important role of culture.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Rethinking fear of cancer recurrence/progression in the era of precision medicine: is it time to consider separating?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Spiritual and Religious Beliefs, Behaviors, and Struggles in Relation to Death Anxiety: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Probability Sample.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Symptom burden and symptom clusters in ovarian cancer patients during first-line maintenance therapy: a cross-sectional survey.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Social determinants of death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.Palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Factors influencing death anxiety among patients with end-stage chronic diseases: a scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Symptom Burden and Death Anxiety in Ovarian Cancer Patients: The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Predictive Relationships Between Death Anxiety and Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Validation of a transdiagnostic measure of fears of recurrence and progression about mental health conditions.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between fear of progression and symptom burden, disease factors and social/family factors in patients with stage-IV breast cancer in Shandong, China.Cancer medicine · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Death anxiety is understudied in people with cancer, especially in relation to fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and fear of progression (FOP). The present study aimed to identify if death anxiety can predict FCR and FOP over and above other known theoretical predictors. One hundred and seventy-six participants with ovarian cancer were recruited for an online survey. We included theoretical variables, such as metacognitions, intrusive thoughts about cancer, perceived risk of recurrence or progression, and threat appraisal, in regression analyses to predict FCR or FOP. We investigated whether death anxiety added to the variance over and above these variables. Correlational analyses demonstrated that death anxiety is more strongly associated with FOP than FCR. The hierarchical regression including the theoretical variables described above predicted 62-66% of variance in FCR and FOP. In both models, death anxiety predicted a small but statistically significant unique variance in FCR and FOP. These findings draw attention to the importance of death anxiety in understanding FCR and FOP in people with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. They also suggest that elements of exposure and existentialist therapies may be relevant in treating FCR and FOP.
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