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Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy (PBSO) reduces the risk of developing ovarian cancer. However, the psychological mechanisms that may affect post-surgery Quality of Life (QoL) among patients who underwent PBSO are still largely unknown. Thus, this study aimed at exploring the...

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Autores principales: Zarbo, Cristina, Brugnera, Agostino, Frigerio, Luigi, Celi, Chiara, Compare, Angelo, Dessì, Valentina, Giordano, Rosalba, Malandrino, Chiara, Sina, Federica Paola, Strepparava, Maria Grazia, Tessitore, Isadora Vaglio, Ventura, Mariangela, Fruscio, Robert
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356354
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840931
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author Zarbo, Cristina
Brugnera, Agostino
Frigerio, Luigi
Celi, Chiara
Compare, Angelo
Dessì, Valentina
Giordano, Rosalba
Malandrino, Chiara
Sina, Federica Paola
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Tessitore, Isadora Vaglio
Ventura, Mariangela
Fruscio, Robert
author_facet Zarbo, Cristina
Brugnera, Agostino
Frigerio, Luigi
Celi, Chiara
Compare, Angelo
Dessì, Valentina
Giordano, Rosalba
Malandrino, Chiara
Sina, Federica Paola
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Tessitore, Isadora Vaglio
Ventura, Mariangela
Fruscio, Robert
author_sort Zarbo, Cristina
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy (PBSO) reduces the risk of developing ovarian cancer. However, the psychological mechanisms that may affect post-surgery Quality of Life (QoL) among patients who underwent PBSO are still largely unknown. Thus, this study aimed at exploring the direct and indirect associations of satisfaction with medical communication and cancer anxiety on post-surgery QoL among women at high risk of developing ovarian cancer. METHOD: Fifty-nine women (mean age: 50.64 ± 6.7 years) who underwent PBSO took part in this cross-sectional study, filling out a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, a battery of validated psychological measures and an ad hoc developed scale for the assessment of cancer anxiety. We first examined the correlations among all variables of interest, and then tested if cancer anxiety mediated the association between satisfaction with medical communication and post-surgery psychological QoL, controlling both for time from surgery and education. RESULTS: Post-surgery psychological QoL was unrelated from any sociodemographic or clinical variable. Cancer anxiety had a significant direct negative effect on psychological QoL, while satisfaction with medical communication had a significant positive direct effect on it. Finally, cancer anxiety significantly mediated the association between satisfaction with medical communication and post-surgery psychological QoL. DISCUSSION: Results suggest that post-surgery psychological QoL of patients who underwent PBSO may be increased with interventions, delivered in a genetic counselling setting, targeting quality of medical communication and cancer anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-89599152022-03-29 Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Zarbo, Cristina Brugnera, Agostino Frigerio, Luigi Celi, Chiara Compare, Angelo Dessì, Valentina Giordano, Rosalba Malandrino, Chiara Sina, Federica Paola Strepparava, Maria Grazia Tessitore, Isadora Vaglio Ventura, Mariangela Fruscio, Robert Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy (PBSO) reduces the risk of developing ovarian cancer. However, the psychological mechanisms that may affect post-surgery Quality of Life (QoL) among patients who underwent PBSO are still largely unknown. Thus, this study aimed at exploring the direct and indirect associations of satisfaction with medical communication and cancer anxiety on post-surgery QoL among women at high risk of developing ovarian cancer. METHOD: Fifty-nine women (mean age: 50.64 ± 6.7 years) who underwent PBSO took part in this cross-sectional study, filling out a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, a battery of validated psychological measures and an ad hoc developed scale for the assessment of cancer anxiety. We first examined the correlations among all variables of interest, and then tested if cancer anxiety mediated the association between satisfaction with medical communication and post-surgery psychological QoL, controlling both for time from surgery and education. RESULTS: Post-surgery psychological QoL was unrelated from any sociodemographic or clinical variable. Cancer anxiety had a significant direct negative effect on psychological QoL, while satisfaction with medical communication had a significant positive direct effect on it. Finally, cancer anxiety significantly mediated the association between satisfaction with medical communication and post-surgery psychological QoL. DISCUSSION: Results suggest that post-surgery psychological QoL of patients who underwent PBSO may be increased with interventions, delivered in a genetic counselling setting, targeting quality of medical communication and cancer anxiety. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8959915/ /pubmed/35356354 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840931 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zarbo, Brugnera, Frigerio, Celi, Compare, Dessì, Giordano, Malandrino, Sina, Strepparava, Tessitore, Ventura and Fruscio. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Zarbo, Cristina
Brugnera, Agostino
Frigerio, Luigi
Celi, Chiara
Compare, Angelo
Dessì, Valentina
Giordano, Rosalba
Malandrino, Chiara
Sina, Federica Paola
Strepparava, Maria Grazia
Tessitore, Isadora Vaglio
Ventura, Mariangela
Fruscio, Robert
Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title_full Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title_fullStr Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title_full_unstemmed Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title_short Cancer Anxiety Mediates the Association Between Satisfaction With Medical Communication and Psychological Quality of Life After Prophylactic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
title_sort cancer anxiety mediates the association between satisfaction with medical communication and psychological quality of life after prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356354
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840931
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