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Prevalence and clinical and psychological correlates of high fear of cancer recurrence in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Contributors:
      University of St Andrews. Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis; University of St Andrews. Population and Behavioural Science Division; University of St Andrews. WHO Collaborating Centre for International Child & Adolescent Health Policy; University of St Andrews. Health Psychology; University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute; University of St Andrews. School of Medicine
    • الموضوع:
      2019
    • Collection:
      University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Funding information: Dutch Cancer Society (KWF- Alpe d'Huzes); Medical Faculty Ljubljana, Department of Family Medicine; Slovenian Research Agency (Young Researcher Program). ; Background: Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are vulnerable to fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and psychiatric morbidity. We investigated the prevalence of high FCR and demographic, clinical, psychological, and psychiatric factors associated with high FCR prior to the start of the treatment. Methods: In a cross-sectional substudy of the large ongoing prospective NET-QUBIC study questionnaires and psychiatric interviews of 216 patients newly diagnosed with HNC were analyzed. Results: High FCR was observed in 52.8% of patients and among those 21.1% also had a lifetime history of selected anxiety or major depressive disorder. FCR was not related to any clinical characteristics; however, younger age, higher anxiety symptoms, introversion, greater needs for support regarding sexuality, and being an exsmoker were significantly associated with higher FCR. Conclusion: Factors associated with high FCR provide us with a better conceptual understanding of FCR in patients newly diagnosed with HNC. ; Publisher PDF ; Peer reviewed
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      application/pdf
    • ISSN:
      1043-3074
    • Relation:
      Head and Neck; Mirosevic , S , Thewes , B , van Herpen , C , Kaanders , J , Merkx , T , Humphris , G , Baatenburg de Jong , R J , Langendijk , J A , Leemans , C R , Terhaard , C H J , Verdonck-de Leeuw , I M , Takes , R , Prins , J & NET-QUBIC Consortium 2019 , ' Prevalence and clinical and psychological correlates of high fear of cancer recurrence in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer ' , Head and Neck , vol. 41 , no. 9 , pp. 3187-3200 . https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.25812; PURE: 259078629; PURE UUID: d107b30c-de64-4121-ac57-1d80f97c605a; RIS: urn:48B1635ACF36766970C04E2846C63D54; Scopus: 85067360634; ORCID: /0000-0002-4601-8834/work/64033933; WOS: 000480604300039; http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17905; https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.25812
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1002/hed.25812
    • Rights:
      Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Head & Neck published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.B3ED38C8