Psychological well-being and social support in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving lifelong targeted therapies

Purpose The main objective of this study was to investigate whether social support is independently associated with psychological well-being in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. Secondary objectives were to compare the psychological well-being profile of CML patients with that of their peers...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2016-12, Vol.24 (12), p.4887-4894
Main Authors: Efficace, Fabio, Breccia, Massimo, Cottone, Francesco, Okumura, Iris, Doro, Maribel, Riccardi, Francesca, Rosti, Gianantonio, Baccarani, Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Care and treatment
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Depression (Mood disorder)
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Humans
Kinases
Leukemia
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive - drug therapy
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive - psychology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Psychological aspects
Rehabilitation Medicine
Social aspects
Social Support
Studies
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The main objective of this study was to investigate whether social support is independently associated with psychological well-being in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. Secondary objectives were to compare the psychological well-being profile of CML patients with that of their peers in general population and to examine possible age- and sex-related differences. Patients and methods Analysis was performed on 417 patients in treatment with lifelong molecularly targeted therapies. Mean age of patients analyzed was 56 years (range 19–87 years) and 247 (59 %) were male and 170 (41 %) were female. Social support was assessed with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and psychological well-being was evaluated with the short version of the Psychological General Well-Being Index. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. Results Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that a greater social support was independently associated with lower anxiety and depression, as well as with higher positive well-being, self-control, and vitality ( p  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-016-3344-6