Breast cancer and problems with medical interactions: Relationships with traumatic stress, emotional self-efficacy, and social support

• Published in: Psycho-oncology (Chichester, England) England), 2005-04, Vol.14 (4), p.318-330
• Main Authors: Han, Win T., Collie, Kate, Koopman, Cheryl, Azarow, Jay, Classen, Catherine, Morrow, Gary R., Michel, Betsy, Brennan-O'Neill, Eileen, Spiegel, David
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Affective Symptoms - psychology; Affective Symptoms - therapy; Aged; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Cross-Sectional Studies; Doctor-Patient relationships; Female; Group therapy; Humans; Internal-External Control; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Nurse-Patient Relations; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Satisfaction; Patients; Physician patient relationships; Physician-Patient Relations; Psychotherapy, Group; Self Efficacy; Selfefficacy; Sick Role; Social psychology; Social Support; Stress; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy; USA
• ISSN: 1057-9249; 1099-1611
• DOI: 10.1002/pon.852

This investigation examined relationships between breast cancer patients' psychosocial characteristics (impact of the illness, traumatic stress symptoms, emotional self‐efficacy, and social support) and problems they perceived in their medical interactions and their satisfaction with their physicians. Participants were 352 women enrolled in a multicenter trial of the effects of group therapy for women with recently diagnosed primary breast cancer. The findings reported here are from a cross‐sectional analysis of baseline data gathered prior to randomization. Problems interacting with physicians and nurses were associated with greater levels of cancer‐related traumatic stress (p