Chronic difficulties are associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in the first year post-diagnosis in epithelial ovarian cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Ovarian cancer is characterized by poor prognosis, high levels of distress, disturbed sleep, and compromised quality of life (QOL). Although life stressors have been shown to significantly impact physical and psychological health in cancer populations, no studies have used a high-resolution stress assessment to differentiate effects of acute versus chronic stressors among women with ovarian cancer. We addressed this issue in the present prospective longitudinal study by examining how acute and chronic stress exposure in the year pre-diagnosis relate to depressive symptoms, sleep quality, and QOL over the first year post-diagnosis in women with ovarian cancer.

Methods

One hundred thirty-seven women completed the Life Events and Difficulties Schedule within a month o

SUBMITTER: Garvin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8178235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature