Examining the influence of coping with pain on depression, anxiety, and fatigue among women with breast cancer |
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Authors: | Reddick Bobbie K Nanda Joy P Campbell Lenora Ryman Denny G Gaston-Johansson Fannie |
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Institution: | Department of Nursing at Winston-Salem State University, FL Atkins Bldg, #213, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Reddickbk@wssu.edu |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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