Effects of self-disclosure and resilience on reproductive concern in patients of childbearing age with breast cancer: a cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess reproductive concerns in patients of childbearing age with breast cancer and examine the relationship between self-disclosure, resilience and reproductive concerns.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Five tertiary first-class general hospitals in Sichuan Province, Southwest China.

Participants

A total of 319 patients with breast cancer of reproductive age who were hospitalised in the breast oncology department participated in this study.

Main outcome measures

Primary outcomes were the relationship between resilience, self-disclosure and reproductive concerns, and mediating effect analyses. Secondary outcomes included the status of reproductive concerns.

Results

The model accounted for 39.1% of the variance in reproductive

SUBMITTER: Zhu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature