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Fear of Cancer Progression and Death Anxiety in Survivors of Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Study Exploring Coping Strategies and Quality of Life.

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Corporate Authors:
      advanced-CRC survivorship authorship group
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1272106 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-3764 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00302228 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Omega (Westport) Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Publication: 2015- : Los Angeles Sage Publications
      Original Publication: Westport, Conn., Greenwood Periodicals.
    • الموضوع:
      Adaptation, Psychological* ; Colorectal Neoplasms*/psychology ; Quality of Life*/psychology ; Anxiety*/psychology ; Fear*/psychology ; Qualitative Research* ; Cancer Survivors*/psychology ; Attitude to Death*; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Aged ; Disease Progression ; Adult ; Aged, 80 and over ; Coping Skills
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
      This study aimed to examine coping strategies used by advanced colorectal cancer (CRC-A) survivors to manage death anxiety and fear of cancer progression, and links between these strategies and quality of life (QoL), distress, and death acceptance. Qualitative semi-structured interviews of 38 CRC-A survivors (22 female) were analysed via framework analysis. QoL and distress were assessed through the FACT-C and Distress Thermometer. Eleven themes were identified and mapped to active avoidance (keeping busy and distracted), passive avoidance (hoping for a cure), active confrontation (managing negative emotions; reaching out to others; focusing on the present; staying resilient), meaning-making (redefining one's identity; contributing to society; gaining perspective; remaining spiritual), and acceptance (accepting one's situation). Active confrontation (specifically utilising informal support networks) and meaning-making appeared beneficial coping strategies; more research is needed to develop and evaluate interventions which increase CRC-A survivors' use of these strategies to manage and cope with their death anxiety.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: bowel cancer; cancer survivorship; death acceptance; fear of cancer recurrence; qualitative interviews
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20220920 Date Completed: 20241214 Latest Revision: 20241214
    • الموضوع:
      20250114
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1177/00302228221121493
    • الرقم المعرف:
      36127158