Healthcare and Quality of Life of Patients with Cancer
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 9768
Special Issue Editors
Interests: social cognition; emotional functioning; pain; quality of life; post-traumatic outcomes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diagnosis of cancer is considered a type of trauma in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and leads to many challenges. Cancer-related challenges could trigger a negative or positive reaction, with different intensities depending on individual characteristics. Various factors, such as coping strategies, perceived social support, and socioemotional abilities (e.g., the capacity to recognize and manage emotions), could contribute to and mediate the relationship between the impact of trauma and the occurrence of positive or negative psychological outcomes (e.g., post-traumatic growth for positive outcomes, or post-traumatic stress and anxiety/depressive symptoms for negative outcomes).
The available evidence seems to show that maladaptive coping strategies, low levels of perceived social support, and reduced socioemotional skills can bring the individuals to experience greater distress, whereas adaptive coping strategies, adequate perceived social support, and preserved socioemotional abilities can result in positive psychological outcomes in patients with cancer.
However, not all evidence is consistent and future research is needed to shed light on the psychological mechanisms that may contribute to psychological wellbeing and quality of life of patients with cancer.
In this Special Issue, papers investigating the abovementioned factors in patients with cancer are invited. Original research articles, reviews, method papers, and case reports are welcome.
Dr. Marialaura Di Tella
Dr. Annunziata Romeo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- quality of life
- coping strategies
- perceived social support
- socioemotional skills
- cancer
- post-traumatic growth
- post-traumatic stress
- psychological distress
- anxiety/depressive symptoms
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