Posluszny Donna M, Dew Mary Amanda, Beckjord Ellen, Bovbjerg Dana H, Schmidt John E, Low Carissa A, Lowery Amy, Nutt Stephanie A, Arvey Sarah R, Rechis Ruth
University of Pittsburgh, USA
University of Pittsburgh, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2016 Oct;21(10):2357-66. doi: 10.1177/1359105315576352. Epub 2015 Apr 6.
We sought to examine the existential challenges that cancer survivors may experience as they strive to make meaning, regain their self-identity, cope with fear of recurrence, and experience feelings of grief and guilt. Lymphoma survivors (n = 429) completed the 2010 LIVE STRONG: survey and provided responses about meaning, cancer worry, security, identity, grief, guilt, and perceived functional impairment due to these concerns. Most survivors (73%-86%) endorsed existential concerns, with 30-39 percent reporting related perceived functional impairment. Concerns were associated with being female, younger, unmarried, and having undergone stem cell transplantation. Lymphoma survivors experience existential challenges that impact their life even years after diagnosis.
我们试图探究癌症幸存者在努力寻找生命意义、重新获得自我认同、应对复发恐惧以及经历悲伤和内疚情绪时可能面临的生存挑战。淋巴瘤幸存者（n = 429）完成了2010年的“坚强生活”调查，并就意义、癌症担忧、安全感、身份认同、悲伤、内疚以及因这些担忧而感知到的功能障碍提供了回答。大多数幸存者（73%-86%）认可存在生存方面的担忧，30%-39%的人报告有相关的功能障碍感知。这些担忧与女性、年轻、未婚以及接受过干细胞移植有关。淋巴瘤幸存者经历的生存挑战甚至在诊断多年后仍会影响他们的生活。
