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Influence of mood and adjustment to cancer on compliance with chemotherapy among breast cancer patients
Anne Ayres,Peter W. Hoon,Janet B. Franzoni,Kenneth B. Matheny,Patricia H. Cotanch,Sumiko Takayanagi +5 more
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It is determined that mood variables and attitude toward cancer could predict compliance with IV-administered chemotherapy and high scores on MAC Fighting Spirit and ABS Anxiety, Depression, and Vigor scales were associated with greater adherence to a chemotherapy regimen.About:
This article is published in Journal of Psychosomatic Research.The article was published on 1994-07-01. It has received 133 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chemotherapy regimen & Breast cancer.read more
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Depression and cancer mortality: a meta-analysis.
TL;DR: Screening for depression should be routinely conducted in the cancer treatment setting and research is needed on whether the treatment of depression could, beyond enhancing quality of life, extend survival of depressed cancer patients.
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Depression and cancer: mechanisms and disease progression.
David Spiegel,Janine Giese-Davis +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence of a bidirectional relationship between cancer and depression, offering new opportunities for therapeutic intervention is found, although studies in this latter area are also divided.
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Major depression after breast cancer: a review of epidemiology and treatment.
Jesse R. Fann,Anne M. Thomas-Rich,Wayne Katon,Deborah S. Cowley,Mary Pepping,Bonnie A. McGregor,Julie R. Gralow +6 more
TL;DR: Major depression is a frequent but underrecognized and undertreated condition among breast cancer patients, which causes amplification of physical symptoms, increased functional impairment and poor treatment adherence.
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Depression, quality of life and breast cancer: a review of the literature
TL;DR: Treatment of depression in breast cancer women improves their quality of life and may increase longevity and the hypothetical link between their prescription and increased breast cancer risk is not supported by literature’s data.
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Medication adherence and persistence : A comprehensive review
TL;DR: To have an impact on adherence, healthcare providers must understand the barriers to adherence and the methods or tools needed to overcome them and identify interventions and compliance aids that practitioners and organizations can implement.
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Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences
A. S. Hedayat,Roger E. Kirk +1 more
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Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences
TL;DR: This chapter discusses research strategies and the Control of Nuisance Variables, as well as randomly Randomized Factorial Design with Three or More Treatments and Randomized Block Factorial design, and Confounded Factorial Designs: Designs with Group-Interaction Confounding.
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Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer
David Spiegel,David Spiegel,HelenaC. Kraemer,HelenaC. Kraemer,JoanR. Bloom,JoanR. Bloom,Ellen Gottheil,Ellen Gottheil +7 more
TL;DR: The effect of psychosocial intervention on time of survival of 86 patients with metastatic breast cancer was studied prospectively and survival plots indicated that divergence in survival began at 20 months after entry, or 8 months after intervention ended.
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Structural equation modeling with LISREL: essentials and advances
TL;DR: Hayduk is equally at ease explaining the simplest and most advanced applications of the program, and those with a firm mathematical background who wish to learn about the approach, or those who know a little about the program and want to know more will find this an excellent reference.