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Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health‐related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints

Overview of attention for article published in Psycho-Oncology, April 2015
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Title
Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health‐related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints
Published in
Psycho-Oncology, April 2015
DOI 10.1002/pon.3829
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Suzanne K Chambers, Peter Baade, Philippa Youl, Joanne Aitken, Stefano Occhipinti, Shalini Vinod, Patricia C Valery, Gail Garvey, Kwun M Fong, David Ball, Helen Zorbas, Jeff Dunn, Dianne L O'Connell

Abstract

Health-related stigma is associated with negative psychological and quality of life outcomes in lung cancer patients. This study describes the impact of stigma on lung cancer patients' psychological distress and quality of life and explores the role of social constraints and illness appraisal as mediators of effect. A self-administered cross-sectional survey examined psychological distress and quality of life in 151 people (59% response rate) diagnosed with lung cancer from Queensland and New South Wales. Health-related stigma, social constraints and illness appraisals were assessed as predictors of adjustment outcomes. Forty-nine percent of patients reported elevated anxiety; 41% were depressed; and 51% had high global distress. Health-related stigma was significantly related to global psychological distress and quality of life with greater stigma and shame related to poorer outcomes. These effects were mediated by illness appraisals and social constraints. Health-related stigma appears to contribute to poorer adjustment by constraining interpersonal discussions about cancer and heightening feelings of threat. There is a need for the development and evaluation of interventions to ameliorate the negative effects of health-related stigma among lung cancer patients. © 2015 The Authors. Psycho-Oncology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 131 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 14%
Student > Bachelor 14 11%
Researcher 13 10%
Student > Postgraduate 10 8%
Other 21 16%
Unknown 32 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 39 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 24 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 17 13%
Social Sciences 10 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 3%
Other 3 2%
Unknown 35 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2023.
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#2,317,801
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Outputs from Psycho-Oncology
#271
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#29,035
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Outputs of similar age from Psycho-Oncology
#3
of 46 outputs
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