The subjective experience of young women with non-metastatic breast cancer: the Young Women with Breast Cancer Inventory

The subjective experience of young women with breast cancer has some particular features linked to the impact of the disease and its treatment on their age-related issues (e.g. desire for a child, couple relationship, career management). Despite these specific concerns, no questionnaire currently ta...

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Published in:Health and quality of life outcomes 2015-06, Vol.13 (1), p.73-73, Article 73
Main Authors: Christophe, V, Duprez, C, Congard, A, Antoine, P, Lesur, A, Fournier, E, Vanlemmens, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Analysis
Attitude to Health
Body Image
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Cancer
Care and treatment
Career development
Diagnosis
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Life Sciences
Management science
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Metastasis
Psychological aspects
Psychometrics
Quality of Life - psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Self Report
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women
Young Adult
Young women
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Summary:The subjective experience of young women with breast cancer has some particular features linked to the impact of the disease and its treatment on their age-related issues (e.g. desire for a child, couple relationship, career management). Despite these specific concerns, no questionnaire currently targets the young breast cancer patient's quality of life, subjective experience or common problems when facing cancer. This study presents the psychometric validation of an inventory that aimed to measure the impact of breast cancer on the quality of life of young women (
ISSN:1477-7525
1477-7525
DOI:10.1186/s12955-015-0273-x