De Feudis Rossana, Lanciano Tiziana, Rinaldi Stefano
Psycho-Oncology, Breast Unit, "San Paolo" Hospital ASL BA, Bari, Italy.
Department of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Eur J Psychol. 2015 May 29;11(2):280-94. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v11i2.908. eCollection 2015 May.
The present study was aimed at investigating the role of coping strategies in predicting emotional distress following breast cancer, over and above the illness severity, operationalized in terms of the type of surgery performed. In order to achieve this goal, two groups of newly diagnosed breast cancer women were selected and compared on the basis of the type of surgical treatment received. A subsample of 30 women with quadrantectomy and sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) and a subsample of 31 patients with mastectomy and axillary dissection (MAD) filled in the Brief Cope scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Summarizing, results showed that emotional support, venting, and humor explained a statistically significant increment of variance in psychological distress indices. Implication for clinical practice and future research were discussed.
本研究旨在调查应对策略在预测乳腺癌后情绪困扰方面的作用，除了以所进行的手术类型来衡量的疾病严重程度之外。为了实现这一目标，根据接受的手术治疗类型选择并比较了两组新诊断的乳腺癌女性。30例行象限切除术和前哨淋巴结活检（SLNB）的女性子样本以及31例行乳房切除术和腋窝淋巴结清扫术（MAD）的患者子样本填写了简易应对量表和医院焦虑抑郁量表。总之，结果表明，情感支持、宣泄和幽默在心理困扰指标方面解释了具有统计学意义的方差增量。讨论了对临床实践和未来研究的启示。
