Purpose/Objectives: To examine self-reported severity of fatigue and disturbed sleep experienced daily by women with breast cancer during multiple cycles of chemotherapy, exploring potential classes of women experiencing similar symptom trajectories. Design: In a secondary analysis, classes of...
Purpose/Objectives: To study the relationship between parental verbal and nonverbal caring behaviors and child distress during cancer-related port access placement using correlational and time-window sequential analyses. Design: Longitudinal, observational design. Setting: Children’s Hospital of...
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate whether survivorship of multiple primary cancers (MPCs) is associated with psychological distress, positive health behaviors, and benefit finding. Design: Secondary analysis of the 2010 Livestrong cross-sectional survey. Setting: Online survey. Sample: 238 MPC...
Purpose/Objectives: To test the efficacy of a novel intervention to facilitate advance care planning. Design: Exploratory, quasiexperimental pilot study with two independent groups. Setting: A large hospice located in the southwestern United States. Sample: A convenience sample of 50 participants...
Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory provides a conceptual framework to explain how uncertainty is generated and how it affects psychological adjustment to the cancer experience. Since 1981, when it was created, researchers have used the theory to develop and test uncertainty management...
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a web-based psychosocial supportive intervention entitled Male Transition Toolkit (MaTT). Design: Randomized, controlled trial, mixed methods, concurrent feasibility design. Setting: Edmonton, a large metropolitan city in western Canada. Sample: 40...
Every morning when I open my email, it is the same: 5–10 emails inviting me to submit my “valuable and esteemed” research to a journal that is new to me and just sounds off. Added to these invitations are a couple of requests to present at conferences in far-flung locations, often accompanied by...
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the presence, frequency, severity, and distress of symptoms in outpatients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma toward the end of life, and the variability in psychological and physical symptom distress between and within patients over time. Design: A prospective,...
Purpose/Objectives: To assess adherence and coping strategies in outpatients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) on oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Design: Prospective, descriptive. Setting: An interdisciplinary oncology outpatient clinic in Germany. Sample: 35 outpatients with CML on oral...
Purpose/Objectives: To examine the effectiveness of online learning modules for improving physical activity counseling practices among oncology nurses. Design: Randomized, controlled trial. Setting: Online. Sample: 54 oncology nurses. Methods: Oncology nurses were randomly assigned to the learning...
