Catherine Evans1,2, Bérengère Saliba-Serre3, Marie Préau4, Marc-Karim Bendiane5, Anthony Gonçalves6, Michel Signoli7,8, Anne-Déborah Bouhnik5. 1. Institut Paoli Calmettes, 232 Bd Sainte Marguerite, 13 273, Cedex 9, Marseille, France. catherine.evans@univ-amu.fr. 2. Faculté Des Sciences Médicales Et Paramédicales de Marseille, UMR 7268-ADÉS Aix-Marseille Université-EFS-CNRS, Marseille, France. catherine.evans@univ-amu.fr. 3. Faculté Des Sciences Médicales Et Paramédicales de Marseille, UMR 7268-ADÉS Aix-Marseille Université-EFS-CNRS, Marseille, France. 4. Institut de Psychologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Bron, France. 5. Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de L'Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France. 6. Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Inserm U1068, CNRS U7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSERM, Marseille, France. 7. UMR 6578, CNRS-service d'anthropologie biologique, 13385, Cedex 5, Marseille, France. 8. Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The number of cancer survivors is growing increasingly worldwide. The long-term negative consequences of the disease are now better known. Cancer may also foster positive outcomes. Some survivors consider life after cancer as the start of a new life and experience positive changes called post-traumatic growth (PTG) measured by a scale developed by Tedeschi and Calhoun. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article was to explore actionable factors affecting PTG, particularly those in relation with health care management and those that reflected health behavior changes. METHODS: This study included the 1,982 participants in the VICAN cohort who responded to the questionnaire on living conditions 2 and 5 years after diagnosis. Factors associated with a moderate or high PTG (score ≥ 63) were identified using logistic regressions. RESULTS: Factors positively associated with moderate or high PTG were being satisfied with the time spent by health care team on information (OR:1.35 [1.08;1.70]), increased physical activity (OR:1.42 [1.04;1.95]) and healthier diet (OR:1.85 [1.44;2.36]) since diagnosis, and having benefited from psychological support at diagnosis (OR:1.53 [1.16;2.01]). CONCLUSION: High PTG is positively associated with health behavior and time spent on information. Our findings suggest that appropriate clinical and educational interventions can help foster growth after the experience of cancer. Even if we do not know what causes what, it is admitted that the interventions leading to an increase of physical activity, for example, are good from all points of view.
BACKGROUND: The number of cancer survivors is growing increasingly worldwide. The long-term negative consequences of the disease are now better known. Cancer may also foster positive outcomes. Some survivors consider life after cancer as the start of a new life and experience positive changes called post-traumatic growth (PTG) measured by a scale developed by Tedeschi and Calhoun. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article was to explore actionable factors affecting PTG, particularly those in relation with health care management and those that reflected health behavior changes. METHODS: This study included the 1,982 participants in the VICAN cohort who responded to the questionnaire on living conditions 2 and 5 years after diagnosis. Factors associated with a moderate or high PTG (score ≥ 63) were identified using logistic regressions. RESULTS: Factors positively associated with moderate or high PTG were being satisfied with the time spent by health care team on information (OR:1.35 [1.08;1.70]), increased physical activity (OR:1.42 [1.04;1.95]) and healthier diet (OR:1.85 [1.44;2.36]) since diagnosis, and having benefited from psychological support at diagnosis (OR:1.53 [1.16;2.01]). CONCLUSION: High PTG is positively associated with health behavior and time spent on information. Our findings suggest that appropriate clinical and educational interventions can help foster growth after the experience of cancer. Even if we do not know what causes what, it is admitted that the interventions leading to an increase of physical activity, for example, are good from all points of view.
Authors: Kimberly A Miller; Cynthia N Ramirez; Katherine Y Wojcik; Anamara Ritt-Olson; Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati; Stefanie M Thomas; David R Freyer; Ann S Hamilton; Joel E Milam Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2017-11-09 Impact factor: 3.603
Authors: K Holtmaat; N van der Spek; B I Lissenberg-Witte; P Cuijpers; I M Verdonck-de Leeuw Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2018-06-29 Impact factor: 3.603