TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining the influence of coping with pain on depression, anxiety, and fatigue among women with breast cancer
AU - Reddick, Bobbie K.
AU - Nanda, Joy P.
AU - Campbell, Lenora
AU - Ryman, Denny G.
AU - Gaston-Johansson, Fannie
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Reddick is Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), F. L. Atkins Building, #213, Winston-Salem, NC (E-mail: Reddickbk@wssu.edu). Dr. Nanda is Epidemiologist at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Campbell is Professor in the Department of Nursing at Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Ryman is Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science at Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Gaston-Johansson is Director of International and Extramural Programs, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. Address correspondence to Dr. Reddick at the above address. The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Sylvia Flack at WSSU and Dr. David Paige and Dr. Martha Hill at Johns Hopkins University for providing institutional support in preparing the manuscript. This research was supported by Department of Defense Grant # DAMD 17-01-1-0458.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Breast cancer treatment can have a profound influence on a woman's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being. Anxiety, depression, anger, fatigue, and fear of recurrence are common responses to a diagnosis of breast cancer and undergoing breast cancer treatment. Women develop their own coping strategies for the pain and other effects of treatment. However, it is unclear whether there is a relationship between adaptation to pain and psychological distress during breast cancer treatment. Findings from the present study reveal that breast cancer patients who have better pain coping strategies also have lower levels of anxiety, fatigue and depression. These results suggest that pain coping interventions may reduce fatigue and psychological distress among women with breast cancer.
AB - Breast cancer treatment can have a profound influence on a woman's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being. Anxiety, depression, anger, fatigue, and fear of recurrence are common responses to a diagnosis of breast cancer and undergoing breast cancer treatment. Women develop their own coping strategies for the pain and other effects of treatment. However, it is unclear whether there is a relationship between adaptation to pain and psychological distress during breast cancer treatment. Findings from the present study reveal that breast cancer patients who have better pain coping strategies also have lower levels of anxiety, fatigue and depression. These results suggest that pain coping interventions may reduce fatigue and psychological distress among women with breast cancer.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Depression
KW - Fatigue
KW - Pain coping strategies
KW - Psychological distress
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v23n02_09
DO - 10.1300/J077v23n02_09
M3 - Article
C2 - 16492656
AN - SCOPUS:33645751937
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 23
SP - 137
EP - 157
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 2-3
ER -