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Mental Illness and BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing Intention Among Multiethnic Women Undergoing Screening Mammography

Tarsha Jones
Katherine Freeman
Marra Ackerman
Meghna S. Trivedi
Thomas Silverman
Peter Shapiro
Rita Kukafka
Katherine D. Crew
ONF 2020, 47(1), E13-E24 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.E13-E24
Objectives: To examine associations between patient-reported mental illness diagnosis and symptoms and BRCA1/2 genetic testing intention among women undergoing screening mammography. Sample & Setting: 100 multiethnic women of lower socioeconomic status who were undergoing mammography screening...
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Development and Psychometric Properties of the Self-Blame Attributions for Cancer Scale

Kalon R. Eways
Kymberley K. Bennett
Jessica L. Hamilton
Kadie M. Harry
Jacob Marszalek
Mary-Joy O. Marsh
Elizabeth J. Wilson
ONF 2020, 47(1), 79-88 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.79-88
Objectives: To adapt the Cardiac Self-Blame Attributions Scale into the Self-Blame Attributions for Cancer Scale (SBAC) for use in patients with cancer and analyze its psychometric properties. Sample & Setting: 113 patients receiving radiation therapy at the University of Kansas Cancer Center...
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Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Hospitalized Patients With Hematologic Malignancies and Their Caregivers

Maggie C. Compernolle
Jennifer A. Sledge
ONF 2020, 47(1), 70-78 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.70-78
Objectives: To examine the effects of a mind–body intervention on the psychological distress of hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancies and their caregivers. Sample & Setting: 29 patients with hematologic malignancies and 5 caregivers were recruited from the bone marrow...
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Active and Passive Coping Strategies: Comparing Psychological Distress, Cortisol, and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Breast Cancer Survivors

Joana Perez-Tejada
Larraitz Garmendia
Ainitze Labaka
Oscar Vegas
Eneritz Gómez-Lazaro
Amaia Arregi
CJON 2019, 23(6), 583-590 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.583-590
Background: Breast cancer survivors can experience psychological distress, such as anxiety and depression, long after treatment has ended, and the development of such negative affective states has been related to the coping strategy used. Objectives: This pilot study aims to determine whether...
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Caregiver Burden as a Mediator Between Emotional Distress and Concentration Problems in Patients With Cancer

Yesol Yang
Wei Pan
Deborah “Hutch” Allen
Cristina C. Hendrix
ONF 2019, 46(6), E180-E184 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E180-E184
Objectives: To examine the longitudinal mediation effect of caregiver burden on the relationship between emotional distress and concentration among individuals with cancer. Sample & Setting: 96 patients with cancer and their caregivers (96 dyads) were selected from a study conducted at Duke...
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