ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
Maladaptive coping styles moderate the relationship between information on cancer treatment and psychosocial symptoms: an Italian multicenter study.
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- Association between coping strategies and benefit finding in adult cancer patients: a meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Mind over Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Distress, Coping, and Therapeutic Interventions in Oncology.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- A cross-sectional study of coping strategies among a sample of women with breast cancer in South-South, Nigeria.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Pain and Suicide Behavior in Cancer Patients: Implications for Personalized Treatment-A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Latent profile analysis of uncertainty in illness and eating self-efficacy in patients with gastric cancer and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Cancer Cognition, Coping Ability and Behavioral Intention of Secondary Cancer Prevention Among Rural Residents in Shandong Province.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Self-blaming as a barrier to lung cancer screening and smoking cessation programs in Italy. A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Disclosing information on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment is a delicate process in oncology, although awareness levels have over time increased in people with cancer. However, individual characteristics should be considered when communicating difficult information. We conducted a multicentric study to explore the moderating role of coping styles on the relationship between information about cancer, quality of life and psychological distress. Methods: In the period between October 2015 and February 2016, 288 patients with a diagnosis of a solid tumor were recruited from seven Italian oncology units. All participants were administered the Distress Thermometer (DT), the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30), and the EORTC QLQ 25-item information module (INFO25). We explored the moderating effect of coping style with quality of life (QoL) and distress (DT) as dependent variables and information on cancer treatment as independent variable. Results: Low levels of anxious preoccupation significantly moderated the relationship between information on treatment and QoL (R2 6%, Conclusion: Taking into account and evaluating coping mechanisms in cancer care is a priority when disclosing information on treatments, in order to tailor communication style to individual features.
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