The relationships between fear of cancer recurrence, spiritual well-being and psychological resilience in non-metastatic breast cancer survivors during the COVID-19 outbreak

KORAL L., ÇIRAK Y.

PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, vol.30, no.10, pp.1765-1772, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/pon.5727
  • Journal Name: PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.1765-1772
  • Keywords: breast neoplasms, disease outbreaks, fear, psychological, recurrence, resilience, spirituality
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives This study examines the relationships between fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), spiritual well-being (SWB) and psychological resilience in breast cancer survivors during the COVID-19 outbreak, and investigates to what extent breast cancer survivors' sociodemographic characteristics affect FCR, SWB and psychological resilience levels.