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June 1, 2024Journal of Clinical Oncology

Relationship between cognitive and emotional domains of prognostic awareness with quality of life and psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer.

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CGClaire GreydanusMLMitchell W. LavoieJTJennifer S. Temel

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals emotional coping with prognosis links to better quality of life in advanced cancer, highlighting the value of supportive care.

Key Points

  • Emotional prognostic awareness relates to superior quality of life and diminished psychological distress, while cognitive understanding shows no significant association.
  • Cross-sectional study of 632 participants demonstrated reduced anxiety (b=-0.516) alongside better emotional coping in metastatic solid malignancies.
  • Highlights the clinical need for supportive care interventions promoting emotional coping, as cognitive illness awareness alone does not reduce distress.

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Greydanus et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e66f08b6db6435875fa25fhttps://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.11106
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