ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2024
Lung cancer patients' illness perceptions: Prognostic for psychological and physical health trajectories.
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- Evaluation of risk factors for difficult-to-control pain (VAS score > 3) at two months after late-stage non-small cell lung cancer treatment with iodine-125 radioactive particle implantation combined with chemotherapy.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2025Article
- The impact of nurse-led, AI-assisted perioperative health education on psychological status and quality of life in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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objectiveAdvanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is associated with the highest burden of mental and physical symptoms. Across illnesses, patients' subjective illness beliefs (i.e., illness perceptions [IPs]) correlate with psychological and physical health status. Despite this, IPs in NSCLC patients are understudied. To address this gap, previous research identified three profiles characterizing IPs of newly diagnosed NSCLC patients: "coping" (those more positive perceptions of NSCLC); "coping but concerned" (similar positive perceptions but high concern); and "struggling" (uniformly negative perceptions; Valentine et al., 2022). This extension seeks to determine if IPs are predictive. Would patients' psychological and physical health trajectories differ by IP profile?
methodPatients with Stage IV NSCLC (
resultsEight-month trajectories for anxiety and some physical symptoms showed significant improvement, whereas depression, dyspnea, pain, and self-rated health did not. As anticipated, profile membership was predictive: "struggling" profile patients reported significantly worse anxiety and depression symptoms, physical symptoms, and health compared to "coping" patients. There were no interactions between profile and time. Generalization to samples from U.S. states with greater racial/ethnic diversity is unknown.
conclusionNovel data show "struggling" profile patients to have uniformly negative outcomes and specify IP content relevant for inclusion in cognitive behavioral therapies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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