TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticipatory psychological distress in women scheduled for diagnostic and curative breast cancer surgery
AU - Schnur, Julie B.
AU - Montgomery, Guy H.
AU - Hallquist, Michael N.
AU - Goldfarb, Alisan B.
AU - Silverstein, Jeffrey H.
AU - Weltz, Christina R.
AU - Kowalski, Alexis V.
AU - Bovbjerg, Dana H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute (CA1055222, CA81137, CA88189) and the American Cancer Society (PF-05-098-01-CPPB).
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Background: Psychological distress is a central experience for women facing diagnostic and curative breast cancer surgery. Purpose: The present study was designed to predict anticipatory distress in 187 women scheduled to undergo excisional breast biopsy or lumpectomy. Method: Participants completed questionnaires assessing emotional distress and predictors of this distress (surgery type, worry about the surgical procedure, and worry about what the surgeon will find). Results: The study found that lumpectomy patients experienced greater anticipatory distress than excisional breast biopsy patients on three of the four distress measures (all ps < 0.05) and that worry about what the surgeon might find partially mediated these effects. Conclusion: The results suggest that although women awaiting lumpectomy are more distressed than women awaiting biopsy, both groups report substantial distress, and, consequently, psychosocial interventions are recommended for both groups.
AB - Background: Psychological distress is a central experience for women facing diagnostic and curative breast cancer surgery. Purpose: The present study was designed to predict anticipatory distress in 187 women scheduled to undergo excisional breast biopsy or lumpectomy. Method: Participants completed questionnaires assessing emotional distress and predictors of this distress (surgery type, worry about the surgical procedure, and worry about what the surgeon will find). Results: The study found that lumpectomy patients experienced greater anticipatory distress than excisional breast biopsy patients on three of the four distress measures (all ps < 0.05) and that worry about what the surgeon might find partially mediated these effects. Conclusion: The results suggest that although women awaiting lumpectomy are more distressed than women awaiting biopsy, both groups report substantial distress, and, consequently, psychosocial interventions are recommended for both groups.
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U2 - 10.1080/10705500701783843
DO - 10.1080/10705500701783843
M3 - Article
C2 - 18444017
AN - SCOPUS:41349116785
SN - 1070-5503
VL - 15
SP - 21
EP - 28
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 1
ER -
