Relationship between social support, physical symptoms, and depression in women with breast cancer and pain.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Fatigue and pain are common among women with breast cancer, and often related to depressive symptoms. Social support may influence levels of fatigue, pain interference, and depressive symptoms. We tested a theory-based, structural model examining the relationship between social support (i.e., emotional and instrumental) and depressive symptoms via fatigue and pain interference in women with breast cancer.

Methods

Women (N = 327) with stages I-III breast cancer were enrolled in a randomized trial investigating a behavioral pain intervention. Measures of social support, fatigue, pain interference, and depressive symptoms were completed at enrollment. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to test direct and indirect pathways relating social support, fati

SUBMITTER: Fisher HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8919209 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature