TY - JOUR
T1 - Illness perceptions in women with breast cancer
T2 - A systematic literature review
AU - Kaptein, A.A.
AU - Schoones, J.W.
AU - Fischer, M.J.
AU - Thong, M.S.Y.
AU - Kroep, J.R.
AU - van der Hoeven, K.J.M.
N1 - open access
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Women with breast cancer respond to the illness and its medical management in their own personal way. Their coping behavior and self-management are determined by their views (cognitions) and feelings (emotions) about symptoms and illness: their illness perceptions. This paper reports the results of a systematic literature review of illness perceptions and breast cancer. In the 12 studies identified, published between 2012 and 2015, illness perceptions were found to be important concomitants of medical and behavioral outcomes: fear of recurrence, distress, quality of life, satisfaction with medical care, use of traditional healers, and risk perception
AB - Women with breast cancer respond to the illness and its medical management in their own personal way. Their coping behavior and self-management are determined by their views (cognitions) and feelings (emotions) about symptoms and illness: their illness perceptions. This paper reports the results of a systematic literature review of illness perceptions and breast cancer. In the 12 studies identified, published between 2012 and 2015, illness perceptions were found to be important concomitants of medical and behavioral outcomes: fear of recurrence, distress, quality of life, satisfaction with medical care, use of traditional healers, and risk perception
U2 - 10.1007/s12609-015-0187-y
DO - 10.1007/s12609-015-0187-y
M3 - Article
SN - 1943-4588
VL - 7
SP - 117
EP - 126
JO - Current Breast Cancer Reports
JF - Current Breast Cancer Reports
IS - 3
ER -