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Adapting and avoiding coping strategies for women with ovarian cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges for people living with cancer, impacting not only physical health but psychological well-being. The psychological response affects the individual as well as the community and can persist long after the outbreak. We aim to ass...

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Autores principales: Frey, Melissa K., Chapman-Davis, Eloise, Glynn, Shannon M., Lin, Jenny, Ellis, Annie E., Tomita, Shannon, Fowlkes, Rana Khan, Thomas, Charlene, Christos, Paul J., Cantillo, Evelyn, Zeligs, Kristen, Holcomb, Kevin, Blank, Stephanie V.
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Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33308865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.11.017
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author Frey, Melissa K.
Chapman-Davis, Eloise
Glynn, Shannon M.
Lin, Jenny
Ellis, Annie E.
Tomita, Shannon
Fowlkes, Rana Khan
Thomas, Charlene
Christos, Paul J.
Cantillo, Evelyn
Zeligs, Kristen
Holcomb, Kevin
Blank, Stephanie V.
author_facet Frey, Melissa K.
Chapman-Davis, Eloise
Glynn, Shannon M.
Lin, Jenny
Ellis, Annie E.
Tomita, Shannon
Fowlkes, Rana Khan
Thomas, Charlene
Christos, Paul J.
Cantillo, Evelyn
Zeligs, Kristen
Holcomb, Kevin
Blank, Stephanie V.
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description Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges for people living with cancer, impacting not only physical health but psychological well-being. The psychological response affects the individual as well as the community and can persist long after the outbreak. We aim to assess coping strategies employed by women with ovarian cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Women with a current or prior diagnosis of ovarian cancer completed an online survey which included a query about coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was distributed from March 30th through April 13, 2020 through survivor networks and social media. Results: Six hundred and three women visited the survey website during the study period and 555 (92.0%) completed the survey. Four hundred and eight (73.5%) provided information on coping strategies utilized during COVID-19. Among those who responded, the median age was 58 years (range 20–85) and 150 participants (40.8%) were undergoing active cancer treatment. Commonly utilized adaptive coping strategies included emotional support (159, 39.0%), self care (148, 36.3%), hobbies (139, 34.1%), planning (87, 21.3%), positive reframing (54, 13.2%), religion (50, 12.3%) and instrumental support (38, 9.3%). Many participants also relied on avoidance coping strategies including self distraction (111, 27.2%) and substance use (19, 4.7%). Conclusions: Most ovarian cancer survivors are using adaptive, problem-focused coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, however many are practicing avoidance strategies as well. As coping mechanisms profoundly impact quality of life, oncology providers must assist patients in identifying coping strategies that optimize physical and psychological well-being.
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spelling pubmed-76763692020-11-20 Adapting and avoiding coping strategies for women with ovarian cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic Frey, Melissa K. Chapman-Davis, Eloise Glynn, Shannon M. Lin, Jenny Ellis, Annie E. Tomita, Shannon Fowlkes, Rana Khan Thomas, Charlene Christos, Paul J. Cantillo, Evelyn Zeligs, Kristen Holcomb, Kevin Blank, Stephanie V. Gynecol Oncol Article Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges for people living with cancer, impacting not only physical health but psychological well-being. The psychological response affects the individual as well as the community and can persist long after the outbreak. We aim to assess coping strategies employed by women with ovarian cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Women with a current or prior diagnosis of ovarian cancer completed an online survey which included a query about coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was distributed from March 30th through April 13, 2020 through survivor networks and social media. Results: Six hundred and three women visited the survey website during the study period and 555 (92.0%) completed the survey. Four hundred and eight (73.5%) provided information on coping strategies utilized during COVID-19. Among those who responded, the median age was 58 years (range 20–85) and 150 participants (40.8%) were undergoing active cancer treatment. Commonly utilized adaptive coping strategies included emotional support (159, 39.0%), self care (148, 36.3%), hobbies (139, 34.1%), planning (87, 21.3%), positive reframing (54, 13.2%), religion (50, 12.3%) and instrumental support (38, 9.3%). Many participants also relied on avoidance coping strategies including self distraction (111, 27.2%) and substance use (19, 4.7%). Conclusions: Most ovarian cancer survivors are using adaptive, problem-focused coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, however many are practicing avoidance strategies as well. As coping mechanisms profoundly impact quality of life, oncology providers must assist patients in identifying coping strategies that optimize physical and psychological well-being. Elsevier Inc. 2021-02 2020-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7676369/ /pubmed/33308865 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.11.017 Text en © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Chapman-Davis, Eloise
Glynn, Shannon M.
Lin, Jenny
Ellis, Annie E.
Tomita, Shannon
Fowlkes, Rana Khan
Thomas, Charlene
Christos, Paul J.
Cantillo, Evelyn
Zeligs, Kristen
Holcomb, Kevin
Blank, Stephanie V.
Adapting and avoiding coping strategies for women with ovarian cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33308865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.11.017
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