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Research reports from Case Western Reserve University provide new insights into cancer
2009 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Advance directives (ADs) refer to a category of documents that enable individuals to state their preferences for future healthcare decisions in the event of incapacitation. The purpose of the study was to examine differences in psychosocial characteristics and AD completion rates in persons newly diagnosed with cancer," researchers in the United States report. "This sample comes from data collected for a psychosocial registry for patients with cancer. The following psychosocial data were collected: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General, Profile of Mood States-short form, and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being Scale. The sample included 312 persons who had been diagnosed with cancer within the previous 5 months. There were no statistically significant differences between completion of an AD and the measured psychosocial characteristics at baseline (mean, 4.2 months); however, at 3 months, patients who reported higher quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General) were associated with lower AD completion rates and persons with greater mood disturbances had higher rates of AD completion," wrote C.G. Kelley and colleagues, Case Western Reserve University. The researchers concluded: "Our data suggest the need to develop strategies that would facilitate discussion of ADs for patients entering the cancer care continuum.." Kelley and colleagues published their study in Cancer Nursing (Advance Directive Use and Psychosocial Characteristics An Analysis of Patients Enrolled in a Psychosocial Cancer Registry. Cancer Nursing, 2009;32(4):335-341). For additional information, contact C.G. Kelley, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School Nursing, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Publisher contact information for the journal Cancer Nursing is: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA. Keywords: United States, Cleveland, Cancer, Chronic Disease, Oncology, Psychosocial, Therapy, Treatment, Case Western Reserve University. This article was prepared by Biotech Business Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Biotech Business Week via NewsRx.com.
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