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Psychological distress, understanding of cancer and illness uncertainty in patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary. [PDF]

Psychooncology, 2022
Patients diagnosed with Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) experience high levels of psychological distress and report poor understanding of their cancer. We aimed to investigate: (1) if CUP patients with poorer understanding of their cancer diagnosis and ...
Wolyniec K, Sharp J, Fisher K, Tothill RW, Bowtell D, Mileshkin L, Schofield P.   +6 more
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Relationship Between Illness Uncertainty and Family Resilience Among Caregivers of Stroke Patients in Chinese Nuclear Families: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress [PDF]

Patient Preference and Adherence
Qian Li,1,2 Caifeng Luo,1 Jianqin Ye,3 Zekun Bian,1 Weiyi Sun,1 Man Zhou,4 Mingzhu Rong4 1School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangcheng People’s Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu ...
Li Q, Luo C, Ye J, Bian Z, Sun W, Zhou M, Rong M   +6 more
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Illness Uncertainty in Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Pilot Study [PDF]

Children
Background/Objectives: Illness uncertainty is inherent in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); however, the factors that contribute to it and outcomes impacted by it have yet to be assessed in pediatric IBS.
Kaitlyn L. Gamwell, Abigail S. Robbertz, James L. Peugh, Neha Santucci, Kahleb Graham, Kevin A. Hommel   +5 more
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Illness uncertainty, coping, and quality of life among patients with prostate cancer. [PDF]

Psychooncology, 2020
Illness uncertainty is a significant source of psychological distress that affects cancer patients' quality of life (QOL). Mishel's uncertainty in illness theory (UIT) proposes that illness uncertainty influences an individual's use of coping strategies,
Guan T, Santacroce SJ, Chen DG, Song L.
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Factors influencing illness uncertainty in parents of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia in a developing country: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Belitung Nursing Journal, 2023
Background: Illness uncertainty in parents of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to parents’ inability to create meaning in events related to their children having CAH. This may influence their role in caring for children with CAH.
Irene Astrid Larasati, Fanti Saktini, Tri Indah Winarni, Annastasia Ediati, Agustini Utari   +4 more
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Illness uncertainty, social support, and coping mode in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in a hospital in Shaanxi, China.

PLoS ONE, 2019
ObjectiveTo analyze the relationships between illness uncertainty, social support, and coping mode in hospitalized patients with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE).MethodsThe General Health Questionnaire, Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale, Social ...
Xin Li, Lan He, Jing Wang, Mingxu Wang
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Reconsidering children’s illness uncertainty and management experiences with female Japanese cancer survivors [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The aim of this study is to examine the illness uncertainties (IU) that children experience and the ways they manage them in order to construct a long-term, comprehensive developmental care for children with illness. Semi-structured, in-person interviews
Yu Ishii, Toshihiko Endo
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The mediating effect of intrusive rumination on the relationship between illness uncertainty and fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer survivors. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Recently, increased awareness of early diagnosis and treatment options has led to an increase in the number of breast cancer survivors. Psychosocial interventions to increase the quality of life in this group are gaining importance.
Türkel A, Türkel NN, Kadıoğlu A, Doğan M, Ertek İE.   +4 more
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Fatigue, Emotional Distress, and Illness Uncertainty in Patients with Metastatic Cancer: Results from the Prospective NEOETIC_SEOM Study. [PDF]

Curr Oncol, 2022
A cancer diagnosis can have a substantial impact on a patient’s mental health and quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fatigue, emotional distress, and uncertainty and examine the predictive value they have on the ...
Rodriguez-Gonzalez A, Velasco-Durantez V, Martin-Abreu C, Cruz-Castellanos P, Hernandez R, Gil-Raga M, Garcia-Torralba E, Garcia-Garcia T, Jimenez-Fonseca P, Calderon C.   +9 more
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The Relationship Between Illness Uncertainty and Social Support Among Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis. [PDF]

Cancer Nurs
Background As a common psychological problem in cancer patients, illness uncertainty has attracted wide attention from scholars. Some studies have pointed out that the level of social support may affect illness uncertainty in patients with cancer, but ...
Wu S, Guo X, Tang H, Li Y, Dong W, Lu G, Hou C, Chen C.   +7 more
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