The psychosocial impact of cancer and lupus: a cross validation study that extends the generality of "benefit-finding" in patients with chronic disease. Export

@article{citeulike:622490, abstract = {Mohr et al. (1999) described the psychosocial effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) from the patient's perspective. Three factors emerged: demoralization, benefit-finding, and deteriorated relationships. The benefit-finding factor suggested that some patients with MS benefited from their illness. We investigated the generalizability of these results by replicating the Mohr et al. study using patients with two diseases, cancer (N = 56) and lupus (N = 31). All participants completed the questionnaire developed by Mohr et al. along with the Profile of Mood States. When the data were analyzed, results showed a three-factor solution very similar to the one reported by Mohr et al. Scores on the demoralization factor were positively related to total mood disturbance and average pain ratings and inversely related to benefit-finding. Conversely, patients who perceived more benefits from their illness suffered less. We conclude that benefit-finding is not unique to patients with MS but occurs in patients with other chronic diseases.}, address = {Psychology Department, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA. Rkatz@uop.edu}, author = {Katz, R. C. and Flasher, L. and Cacciapaglia, H. and Nelson, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {622490}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11778350}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11778350}, issn = {0160-7715}, journal = {J Behav Med}, keywords = {cancer, evaluation, methodology, needs, positive, psychosocial}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {561--571}, posted-at = {2006-05-11 05:33:39}, priority = {4}, title = {The psychosocial impact of cancer and lupus: a cross validation study that extends the generality of "benefit-finding" in patients with chronic disease.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11778350}, volume = {24}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:622490 L3 - citeulike-article-id:622490 N2 - Mohr et al. (1999) described the psychosocial effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) from the patient's perspective. Three factors emerged: demoralization, benefit-finding, and deteriorated relationships. The benefit-finding factor suggested that some patients with MS benefited from their illness. We investigated the generalizability of these results by replicating the Mohr et al. study using patients with two diseases, cancer (N = 56) and lupus (N = 31). All participants completed the questionnaire developed by Mohr et al. along with the Profile of Mood States. When the data were analyzed, results showed a three-factor solution very similar to the one reported by Mohr et al. Scores on the demoralization factor were positively related to total mood disturbance and average pain ratings and inversely related to benefit-finding. Conversely, patients who perceived more benefits from their illness suffered less. We conclude that benefit-finding is not unique to patients with MS but occurs in patients with other chronic diseases. IS - 6 JF - J Behav Med SN - 0160-7715 AD - Psychology Department, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA. Rkatz@uop.edu EP - 571 TI - The psychosocial impact of cancer and lupus: a cross validation study that extends the generality of "benefit-finding" in patients with chronic disease. VL - 24 SP - 561 KW - cancer KW - evaluation KW - methodology KW - needs KW - positive KW - psychosocial AU - Katz, RC AU - Flasher, L AU - Cacciapaglia, H AU - Nelson, S PY - 2001/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11778350 ER -