Background: Hospitalization for a cancer diagnosis and treatment may trigger stressful experiences for patients and family caregivers. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify patients’ and caregivers’ perceptions of stressors during hospitalization and evaluate their education needs...

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...

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...

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...