Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer

The diagnosis of breast cancer is distressing and devastating events that may befall women. It is considered a major stressful event that threats all aspects of woman's' life and can regarded as a challenge to women’s basic values, beliefs and goals, life functions and threatening their...

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Main Author:	Younis, Murad Abdulraheem Abdelrahman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
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spelling	my-usm-ep.498462021-09-12T02:31:25Z Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer 2021-04 Younis, Murad Abdulraheem Abdelrahman R Medicine The diagnosis of breast cancer is distressing and devastating events that may befall women. It is considered a major stressful event that threats all aspects of woman's' life and can regarded as a challenge to women’s basic values, beliefs and goals, life functions and threatening their sense of identity. At the time of diagnosis, the patients face unmet knowledge needs and they express the greatest need to speak with someone who has experienced and overcame the same disease. In this study, related to knowledge and sharing experience that will be provided to the breast cancer patients with aim of enhance the reappraisal of stressful situation that reduce the psychological distress, and promote quality of life through enhance coping strategy. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies, psychological distress among Jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer.A randomized controlled trial, double-blind study was conducted with 200 participants from Al-Bashir Hospital in Amman city. The participants include all Jordanian women in aged 20-65 years and had diagnosis of breast cancer in stage 0, I, II or III. The participants who met the eligibility criteria was selected randomly after which they were evenly randomized using randomly generated permuted blocks of equal sizes into one of either the intervention or control group. The intervention group then underwent two-day health education session on breast cancer, which was strictly guided by the Fawzy Fawzy module. This comprised of four components: 1) health education; 2) coping skills training; 3) stress management; and 4) psychosocial support. The outcomes were measured by using EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 questionnaires to assess the quality of life, Brief COPE scale to assess coping strategy, and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) to assess the anxiety and depression among Jordanian breast cancer women. Generalised Linear Mixed Models was conducted to evaluate the effect of the intervention adjusted for confounding variables. The results showed that the intervention group was significant in increasing the quality of life: QLQ-C30 (=0.137, P=0.006), QLQ-BR23 (=0.190, P=0.001); adaptive coping skills (=0.921, P<0.001), and decreasing anxiety score (=-0.378, P<0.001) and depression score (=-0.525, P<0.001) compared to the control group. The intervention was effective in positively affecting the QOL, adaptive coping strategies and psychological distress. It is recommended for adoption as part of routine health education given at oncology clinics in Jordan. 2021-04 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/49846/ http://eprints.usm.my/49846/1/MURAD%20ABDULRAHEEM%20ABDELRAHMAN%20YOUNIS-FINAL%20THESIS%20P-UD000917%28R%29%20PWD_24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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description	The diagnosis of breast cancer is distressing and devastating events that may befall women. It is considered a major stressful event that threats all aspects of woman's' life and can regarded as a challenge to women’s basic values, beliefs and goals, life functions and threatening their sense of identity. At the time of diagnosis, the patients face unmet knowledge needs and they express the greatest need to speak with someone who has experienced and overcame the same disease. In this study, related to knowledge and sharing experience that will be provided to the breast cancer patients with aim of enhance the reappraisal of stressful situation that reduce the psychological distress, and promote quality of life through enhance coping strategy. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies, psychological distress among Jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer.A randomized controlled trial, double-blind study was conducted with 200 participants from Al-Bashir Hospital in Amman city. The participants include all Jordanian women in aged 20-65 years and had diagnosis of breast cancer in stage 0, I, II or III. The participants who met the eligibility criteria was selected randomly after which they were evenly randomized using randomly generated permuted blocks of equal sizes into one of either the intervention or control group. The intervention group then underwent two-day health education session on breast cancer, which was strictly guided by the Fawzy Fawzy module. This comprised of four components: 1) health education; 2) coping skills training; 3) stress management; and 4) psychosocial support. The outcomes were measured by using EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 questionnaires to assess the quality of life, Brief COPE scale to assess coping strategy, and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) to assess the anxiety and depression among Jordanian breast cancer women. Generalised Linear Mixed Models was conducted to evaluate the effect of the intervention adjusted for confounding variables. The results showed that the intervention group was significant in increasing the quality of life: QLQ-C30 (=0.137, P=0.006), QLQ-BR23 (=0.190, P=0.001); adaptive coping skills (=0.921, P<0.001), and decreasing anxiety score (=-0.378, P<0.001) and depression score (=-0.525, P<0.001) compared to the control group. The intervention was effective in positively affecting the QOL, adaptive coping strategies and psychological distress. It is recommended for adoption as part of routine health education given at oncology clinics in Jordan.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Younis, Murad Abdulraheem Abdelrahman
author_facet	Younis, Murad Abdulraheem Abdelrahman
author_sort	Younis, Murad Abdulraheem Abdelrahman
title	Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
title_short	Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
title_full	Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
title_fullStr	Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
title_sort	effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2021
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Effectiveness of psycho-education intervention program on quality of life, coping strategies and psychological distress among jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer

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