Correlates of existential well-being and their association with health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors compared with the general population

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Shin, Hae Won ^a   Noh, Dong Young ^b   Lee, Eun Sook ^c   Nam, Seok Jin ^d   Park, Byeong Woo ^e   Ahn, Sei Hyun ^f   Yun, Young Ho ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Existential well being; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; EXISTENTIAL WELL BEING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349895746     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0326-0     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. CDC (2003) Summary health statistics for US adults: National health interview survey
2. In Vital and Health Statistics US (2005) Department of Health and Human Services
3. DM Parkin 2001 Global cancer statistics in the year 2000 Lancet Oncol 2 10 596 10.1016/S1470-2045(01)00533-2 10.1016/S1470-2045(01)00533-2 (Pubitemid 32998538)
4. Y Choi Y Kim SK Park, et al. 2005 Age-period-cohort analysis of female breast cancer mortality in Korea Breast Cancer 13 3 266 271 10.2325/jbcs.13.266 10.2325/jbcs.13.266
5. JA Broeckel PB Jacobsen J Horton, et al. 1998 Characteristics and correlates of fatigue after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer J Clin Oncol 16 5 1689 1696 9586880
6. C Burgess V Cornelius S Love, et al. 2005 Depression and anxiety in women with early breast cancer: five year observational cohort study BMJ 330 7493 702 10.1136/bmj.38343.670868.D3 10.1136/bmj.38343.670868.D3 15695497 (Pubitemid 40470014)
7. M Watson L Meyer A Thomson, et al. 1998 Psychological factors predicting nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients on chemotherapy Eur J Cancer 34 6 831 837 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10146-0 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10146-0 9797694 (Pubitemid 28248493)
8. SH Ridner 2005 Quality of life and a symptom cluster associated with breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema Support Care Cancer 13 11 904 911 10.1007/s00520-005-0810-y 10.1007/s00520-005-0810-y 15812652 (Pubitemid 41502250)
9. BR Ferrell 1996 The quality of lives: 1, 525 voices of cancer Oncol Nurs Forum 23 6 909 916 8829161
10. EK Shim A Mehnert A Koyama, et al. 2006 Health-related quality of life in breast cancer: a cross-cultural survey of German, Japanese, and South Korean patients Breast Cancer Res Treat 99 3 341 350 10.1007/s10549-006-9216-x 10.1007/s10549-006-9216-x 16685589 (Pubitemid 44337927)
11. V Peuckmann O Ekholm NK Rasmussen, et al. 2007 Health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: nationwide survey in Denmark Breast Cancer Res Treat 104 1 39 46 10.1007/s10549-006-9386-6 10.1007/s10549-006-9386-6 17009107 (Pubitemid 46976627)
12. SH Ann BW Park DY Noh, et al. 2007 Health-related quality of life in disease-free survivors of breast cancer with the general population Ann Oncol 18 173 182
13. R Jenkins K Pargament 1995 Religion and spirituality as resources for coping with cancer J Psychosoc Oncol 13 1/2 51 74 10.1300/J077V13N01-04 10.1300/J077V13N01-04
14. MJ Brady AH Peterman G Fitchett, et al. 1999 A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology Psycho-oncology 8 5 417 428 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10)8:5<417::AID-PON398>3.0.CO;2-4 10559801
15. S O'Mahony J Goulet A Kornblith, et al. 2005 Desire for hastened death, cancer pain and depression: report of a longitudinal observational study J Pain Symptom Manage 29 5 446 457 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.08.010 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.08.010 15904747 (Pubitemid 40724738)
16. AH Peterman G Fitchett MJ Brady, et al. 1999 Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp) Ann Behav Med 24 1 49 58 10.1207/S15324796ABM2401-06 10.1207/S15324796ABM2401-06
17. N Tarakeshwar LC Vanderwerker E Paulk, et al. 2006 Religious coping is associated with the quality of life patients with advanced cancer J Palliat Med 9 646 657 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.646 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.646 16752970 (Pubitemid 43938841)
18. SP Cotton EG Levine CM Fitzpatrick, et al. 1999 Exploring the relationships among spiritual well-being, quality of life, and psychological adjustment in women with breast cancer Psycho-oncology 8 429 438 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10)8:5<429::AID-PON420>3.0.CO;2-P 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10)8:5<429::AID-PON420>3.0.CO;2-P 10559802
19. National Cancer Institute: Spritual in cancer care. http://www/nci.nih. gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/. Accessed 12 Mar 2008
20. W Breitbart 2002 Sprituality and meaning in supportive care: spirituality-and meaning-centered group psychotherapy interventions in advanced cancer Support Care Cancer 10 272 280 10.1007/s005200100289 10.1007/ s005200100289 12029426 (Pubitemid 36056281)
21. CW Ellison 1983 Spiritual well-being: conceptualization and measurement J Psychol Theol 11 330 340
22. Stoll RI (1989) The essence of spirituality. In: Carsons VB (ed) Spiritual dimensions of nursing practice. FA Davis, Philadelphia
23. JR Mickley K Soeken A Belcher, et al. 1992 Spiritual well-being, religiousness and hope among women with breast cancer Image J Nurs Sch 24 4 267 272 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00732.x 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00732.x 1452180
24. KK Laubmeier SG Zakowski JP Bair 2004 The role of spirituality in the psychological adjustment to cancer Int J Behav Med 11 1 48 55 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1101-6 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1101-6 15194519
25. S Cohen B Mount J Tomas 1996 Existential well-being is an important determinant of quality of life Cancer 77 3 576 586 10.1002/(SICI)1097- 0142(19960201)77:3<576::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-0 10.1002/(SICI)1097- 0142(19960201)77:3<576::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-0 8630968 (Pubitemid 26047582)
26. E Lukoff F Lu R Turner 1995 Cultural considerations in the assessment and treatment of religious and spiritual problems Cult Psychiatry 18 3 467 484
27. DS Martsolf 1997 Cultural aspects of spirituality in cancer care Semin Oncol Nurs 13 4 231 236 10.1016/S0749-2081(97)80016-2 10.1016/S0749-2081(97) 80016-2 9392028
28. K Ell B Xie A Wells, et al. 2008 Economic stress among low-income women with cancer: effects on quality of life Cancer 112 3 616 625 10.1002/cncr.23203 10.1002/cncr.23203 18085642 (Pubitemid 351186202)
29. K Kobayashi S Morita M Shimonagayoshi, et al. 2008 Effects of socioeconomic factors and cancer survivors' worries on their quality of life (QOL) in Japan Psychooncology 17 606 611 10.1002/pon.1278 17972358
30. A Moadel C Morgan A Fatone, et al. 1999 Seeking meaning and hope: self-reported spiritual and existential needs among an ethnically-diverse cancer patient population Psycho-oncology 8 378 385 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10) 8:5<378::AID-PON406>3.0.CO;2-A 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10)8: 5<378::AID-PON406>3.0.CO;2-A 10559797
31. YH Yun SH Kim KM Lee, et al. 2008 Age, sex, and comorbidities were considered in comparing reference data for health-related quality of life in the general and cancer population J Clin Epidemiol 60 1164 1175 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.12.014 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.12.014
32. NK Aaronson S Ahmedzai B Bergman, et al. 1993 The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: a quality-of-life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J Natl Cancer Inst 85 5 365 376 10.1093/jnci/85.5.365 10.1093/jnci/85.5.365 8433390
33. MA Sprangers M Groenvold JI Arraras, et al. 1996 The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer breast cancer-specific quality-of-life questionnaire module: first results from a three-country field study J Clin Oncol 14 10 2756 2768 8874337
34. YH Yun YS Park ES Lee, et al. 2004 Validation of the Korean version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 Qual Life Res 13 4 863 868 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021692.81214.70 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021692.81214.70 15129896 (Pubitemid 38509986)
35. YH Yun SH Bae IO Kang, et al. 2004 Cross-cultural application of the Korean version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Breast-Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-BR23) Support Care Cancer 12 6 441 445 10.1007/s00520-004-0632-3 10.1007/s00520-004- 0632-3 15088137 (Pubitemid 38797100)
36. MJ Hjermstad PM Fayers K Bjordal, et al. 1998 Health-related quality of life in the general Norwegian population assessed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire: the QLQ = C30 (+3) J Clin Oncol 16 1188 1196 9508207
37. M Klee M Groenvold D Machin 1997 Quality of life of Danish women: population-based norms of the EORTC QLQ-C30 Qual Life Res 6 27 34 10.1023/A:1026461310761 10.1023/A:1026461310761 9062439
38. H Michelson C Bolund B Nilsson, et al. 2000 Health-related quality of life measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30-reference values from a large sample of Swedish population Acta Oncol 39 477 484 10.1080/028418600750013384 10.1080/028418600750013384 11041109
39. R Schwarz A Hinz 2001 Reference data for the quality of life questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 in the general German population Eur J Cancer 37 1345 1351 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00447-0 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00447-0 11435063 (Pubitemid 32588744)
40. MK Lee BH Son SY Hwang, et al. 2007 Factors affecting health-related quality of life in women with recurrent breast cancer in Korea Qual Life Res 16 4 559 569 10.1007/s11136-006-9144-6 10.1007/s11136-006-9144-6 17279443 (Pubitemid 46474942)
41. A Waldmann R Pritzkuleit H Raspe, et al. 2007 The OVIS study: health related quality of life measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and -BR23 in German female patients with breast cancer from Schleswig-Holstein Qual Life Res 16 5 767 776 10.1007/s11136-006-9161-5 10.1007/s11136-006-9161-5 17286196 (Pubitemid 46656050)
42. SH Kim S Ku YH Yun, et al. 2007 Validation study of the Korean version of the McGill quality of life questionnaire Palliat Med 21 441 448 10.1177/0269216307079816 10.1177/0269216307079816 17901104 (Pubitemid 47249608)
43. N Bentur S Resnizky 2005 Validation of the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire in home hospice settings in Israel Palliat Med 19 7 538 544 10.1191/0269216305pm1052oa 10.1191/0269216305pm1052oa 16295286 (Pubitemid 41645512)
44. PL Lua MS Salek IG Finlay, et al. 2005 The feasibility, reliability and validity of the Malay McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire-Cardiff Short Form (MMQOL-CSF)in Malaysian advanced cancer population Med J Malays 60 1 28 40
45. EJ Emanuel DL Fairclough J Slutsman, et al. 2007 Assistance from family members, friends, paid care givers, and volunteers in the care of terminally ill patients N Engl J Med 341 956 963 10.1056/NEJM199909233411306 10.1056/NEJM199909233411306
46. Fayers PM, Aaronson N, Bjordal K et al (2001) The EORTC QLQ-C30 scoring manual, 3rd edn. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels
47. DB Rubin 2004 On principles for modeling propensity scores in medical research Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13 855 857 10.1002/pds.968 10.1002/pds.968 15386710 (Pubitemid 40003820)
48. WG Cochran 1968 The effectiveness of adjustment by subclassification in removing bias in observational studies Biometrics 24 295 313 10.2307/2528036 10.2307/2528036 5683871
49. RB D'Agostino Jr 1998 Propensity score methods for bias reduction in the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group Stat Med 17 2265 2281 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981015)17:19<2265::AID-SIM918>3.0.CO;2-B 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981015)17:19<2265::AID-SIM918>3.0.CO;2-B 9802183 (Pubitemid 28466823)
50. P Strang 1997 Existential consequences of unrelieved cancer pain Palliat Med 11 299 305 10.1177/026921639701100406 10.1177/026921639701100406 9373581
51. National Consensus Project: The development of clinical practice guidelines for quality palliative care. http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org/ . Accessed 15 Feb 2008
52. BJ Zebrack J Yi L Petersen, et al. 2008 The impact of cancer and quality of life for long-term survivors Psychooncology 17 890 900
53. TA Rummans MM Clark JA Sloan, et al. 2006 Impacting quality of life for patients with advanced cancer with a structured multidisciplinary intervention: a randomized controlled trial J Clin Oncol 24 4 635 642 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.209 16446335 (Pubitemid 46630427)
54. JL Kristeller M Rhodes LD Cripe, et al. 2005 Oncologist Assisted Spiritual Intervention Study (OASIS): patient acceptability and initial evidence of effects Int J Psychiatry Med 35 329 347 10.2190/8AE4-F01C-60M0-85C8 10.2190/8AE4-F01C-60M0-85C8 16673834 (Pubitemid 43306320)
55. TA Balboni LC Vanderwerker SD Block, et al. 2007 Religiousness and spiritual support among advanced cancer patients and associations with end-of-life treatment preferences and quality of life J Clin Oncol 25 555 560 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.9046 17290065 (Pubitemid 350002963)
56. CG Ellison 1991 Religious involvement and subjective well-being J Health Soc Behav 32 1 80 99 10.2307/2136801 10.2307/2136801 2007763
57. A Antonovsky 1987 The salutogenic perspective: toward a new view of health and illness Advances 4 1 47 55
58. B Powe 1996 Cancer fatalism among African-Americans: a review of the literature Nurs Outlook 44 1 18 21 10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80020-0 10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80020-0 8650004
59. RA Emmons RF Paloutzian 2003 The psychology of religion Annu Rev Psychol 54 377 402 10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145024 10.1146/annurev.psych.54. 101601.145024 12171998 (Pubitemid 37417499)
60. H Ebaugh K Richman J Chafetz 1984 Life crises among the religiously committed: do sectarian differences matter? J Sci Study Relig 23 19 31 10.2307/1385454 10.2307/1385454
61. JM Kaczorowski 1989 Spiritual well-being and anxiety in adults diagnosed with cancer Hosp J 5 3-4 105 116 2628250
62. R Fehring J Miller C Shaw 1997 Spiritual well-being, religiosity, hope, depression and other mood states in elderly people coping with cancer Oncol Nurs Forum 24 4 663 671 9159782
63. ED Smith ME Stefanek MV Joseph, et al. 1993 Spiritual awareness, personal perspective on death, and psychosocial distress: and initial investigation J Psychosoc Oncol 11 3 89 103 10.1300/J077V11N03-05 10.1300/J077V11N03-05