Lung Cancer Stigma: Does Smoking History Matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer patients commonly report stigma, often attributing it to the well-established association of smoking as the leading preventable cause. Theory and research suggest that patients' smoking history may differentiate patients' experience of lung cancer stigma. However, there is inconsistent evidence whether lung cancer stigma varies by patients' smoking history, owing to limitations in the literature.

Purpose

This study examined differences in lung cancer patients' reported experience of lung cancer stigma by smoking history.

Method

Participants (N = 266, 63.9% female) were men and women with lung cancer who completed a validated, multidimensional questionnaire measuring lung cancer stigma. Multivariable regression models characterized relationships

SUBMITTER: Williamson TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature