Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Psychological Predictors of Favorable and Unfavorable Course of Stomach Cancer

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (1)
Authors
Tsiring, Diana A.; Pakhomova, Yana N.; Demchuk, Maxim A.; Ponomareva, Irina V.
Contact information
Tsiring, Diana A.: National Research Tomsk State University Tomsk, Russian Federation; Pakhomova, Yana N.: National Research Tomsk State University Tomsk, Russian Federation; Chelyabinsk State University Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation; ; Demchuk, Maxim A. : National Research Tomsk State University Tomsk, Russian Federation; Chelyabinsk State University Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation; Ponomareva, Irina V. : National Research Tomsk State University Tomsk, Russian Federation; Chelyabinsk State University Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
psychological predictors; favorable course of the disease; oncopsychology; stomach cancer; psychoncology
Abstract

Stomach cancer ranks fifth among the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the third leading cause of cancer mortality in the world. Psychological characteristics of patients with stomach cancer can contribute to creating and strengthening both favorable and unfavorable conditions of the cancer development as well as its course. The purpose of the study is to identify psychological predictors of favorable and unfavorable course of the disease in patients with gastric cancer. The research methods included the Scale of Basic Beliefs, “Strategies of Coping Behavior” questionnaire, Personal Helplessness questionnaire, Resilience test, Russian-language version of the Quality of Life questionnaire (SF-36), Life Orientation test, Level of Subjective Control questionnaire. Discriminant analysis (step-by-step method, Wilkes lambda) was used to determine the set of psychological predictors associated with different courses of stomach cancer. The study was conducted on the premises of Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine (Chelyabinsk, Russia). The research sample consisted of patients with stomach cancer with a favorable (remission, stabilization; N=63) and unfavorable (generalization, relapse, progression, second concomitant cancer, death; N=61) course of the disease. With the help of discriminant analysis a list of discriminant variables was determined that allow to identify the groups of respondents with a favorable and unfavorable course of stomach cancer: cognitive belief about the justice of surrounding world; coping strategies “confrontation” and “problem solving planning”; role functioning due to physical condition, role functioning due to emotional state, and general health as indicators of subjective assessment of the life quality; self-esteem; emotional stability; engagement as a component of resilience. Revealing the psychological predictors of the course of cancer provides new opportunities in a personalized approach to the cancer treatment, in obtaining positive results and increasing its effectiveness. The obtained set of prognostic indicators of the cancer course can be recommended for the medical, psychosocial and psychotherapeutic practice when working with patients with malignant neoplasms

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167–176
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ZUDBVE
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/152490

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