Pain Control, Acceptance and Adjustment to the Disease among Patients with Ovarian, Endometrial and Breast Cancer in Poland

BACKGROUND: Breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer are among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality of women in Poland. In 2016, breast cancer was the most common cause of morbidity and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, endometrial cancer was the third most common cause of morbidity and the seventh leading cause of death, and ovarian cancer was the fifth most common cause of morbidity and the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in women. The aim of the study was to assess the strategy of pain control, acceptance of the cancer and adjustment to life with disease in women with ovarian cancer, endometrial and breast cancer. This study shows how level of pain control, acceptance, and adjustment can differ among patients with the three kinds of cancer and which factors have the most influence on patients' adjustment to the disease.

METHODS: The study was carried out with 481 patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer, endometrial and breast cancer. In the study BPCQ, CSQ, AIS and Mini-MAC questionnaires were used.

RESULTS: In the BPCQ questionnaire the highest result was acquired in the scope of the impact of doctors (M = 16.45, SD = 4.30), differentiated by cancer location and socio-economic variables. In the CSQ test, the highest result was achieved by praying/hoping, differentiated by cancer location and socio-economic variables. The average AIS acceptance score was M = 27.48 (SD = 7.68). The highest result of the Mini-Mac scale was obtained by patients in the area of fighting spirit (M = 22.94, SD = 3.62), and these results depended on socio-economic and treatment-related variables but were not differentiated by cancer location.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients attribute the highest importance in the disease to the influence of physicians, praying/hoping, and fighting spirit. The awareness of the pain management strategies of patients with cancer allows appropriate psychological support to be designed for specific groups of patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 22 vom: 19. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Czerw, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Religioni, Urszula [VerfasserIn]
Sygit, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Nieradko-Heluszko, Agnieszka [VerfasserIn]
Mękal, Dominika [VerfasserIn]
Partyka, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Mikos, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Eid, Mateusz [VerfasserIn]
Strzępek, Łukasz [VerfasserIn]
Banaś, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Disease acceptance
Endometrial cancer
Journal Article
Ovarian cancer
Pain

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph182212148

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333690281