Cancer-related intrusive thoughts predict behavioral symptoms following breast cancer treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Behavioral symptoms are common in breast cancer survivors, including disturbances in energy, sleep, and mood, though few risk factors for these negative outcomes have been identified. Our study examined intrusive thoughts as a predictor of lingering symptoms in breast cancer survivors in the year following treatment.

Method

Data come from the Moving Beyond Cancer psychoeducational intervention trial, aimed at easing the transition from patient to survivor. Women (n = 558) completed psychosocial questionnaires within 4 weeks posttreatment and again 2, 6, and 12 months later. We examined intrusive thoughts about cancer at the baseline assessment as a predictor of fatigue, sleep problems, pain, breast cancer-specific symptoms, depressive symptoms, negative affect, and

SUBMITTER: Dupont A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3796187 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature