Women’s coping strategies during the first three months of adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer

Aim The aim was to explore stressful events, experienced problems and used coping strategies during the first three months of undergoing ET. Design This study used a mixed method design. Methods A consecutive sample of 39 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer were included at the start of their a...

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Published in:Nursing open 2020-03, Vol.7 (2), p.605-612
Main Authors: Ahlstedt Karlsson, Susanne, Wallengren, Catarina, Olofsson Bagge, Roger, Henoch, Ingela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Anxiety - epidemiology
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy
Cancer and Oncology
Cancer och onkologi
Cancer surgery
Cancer therapies
Combined Modality Therapy
Confidentiality
Coping
coping strategies
Diaries
Emotions
Endocrine therapy
endocrine treatment
experienced problems
Female
Humans
oncological treatment
patient-reported experiences
Patients
stressful events
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Summary:Aim The aim was to explore stressful events, experienced problems and used coping strategies during the first three months of undergoing ET. Design This study used a mixed method design. Methods A consecutive sample of 39 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer were included at the start of their adjuvant endocrine therapy. A daily coping assessment was used to create daily reports about stressful events or experienced problems and coping strategies. Results The most frequently reported physical problems were sleeping difficulties. Anxiety was the most reported emotional problem. Patients used both emotion‐and problem‐focused coping, and sleeping difficulties were coped by relaxing, and anxiety was coped by thinking about something else. Conclusions Patients experienced a variety of stressful events or problems during the first three months of endocrine therapy. They also used several coping strategies to endure the treatment.
ISSN:2054-1058
2054-1058
DOI:10.1002/nop2.430