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Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals’ and society’s physical and psychological well-being. The study was conducted in order to assess the predictors for health-related worries during the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable populations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based...

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Autores principales: Schwab, Roxana, Droste, Annika, Stewen, Kathrin, Elger, Tania, Theis, Susanne, Heimes, Anne-Sophie, Peters, Katharina, Schmidt, Marcus, Brenner, Walburgis, Hasenburg, Annette
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Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9462434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090707
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S373191
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author Schwab, Roxana
Droste, Annika
Stewen, Kathrin
Elger, Tania
Theis, Susanne
Heimes, Anne-Sophie
Peters, Katharina
Schmidt, Marcus
Brenner, Walburgis
Hasenburg, Annette
author_facet Schwab, Roxana
Droste, Annika
Stewen, Kathrin
Elger, Tania
Theis, Susanne
Heimes, Anne-Sophie
Peters, Katharina
Schmidt, Marcus
Brenner, Walburgis
Hasenburg, Annette
author_sort Schwab, Roxana
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description PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals’ and society’s physical and psychological well-being. The study was conducted in order to assess the predictors for health-related worries during the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable populations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey of women who had a higher risk of developing breast cancer (BC) or ovarian cancer (OC) was conducted, regardless of whether they had experienced an active malignant disease during the pandemic. A self-reported questionnaire was designed for this study to assess health-related worries. The PHQ-4 questionnaire was used to evaluate mental health, and the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) questionnaire was employed to investigate resilience. RESULTS: History of BC or OC was recognized as an independent significant risk factor for worries regarding being more susceptible to a more severe course of COVID-19 disease (OR 3.593; 95% CI 1.030–12.536; p = 0.045). High scores in the BRS questionnaire were negatively correlated with health-related worries, such as an increased risk for occurrence of BC or OC (OR 0.332; 95% CI 0.118–0.933; p = 0.37) or worsening of oncological outcome as a result of an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (OR 0.330; 95% I 0.114–0.956; p = 0.041). CONCLUSION: The obtained findings determined resilience as an independent and potent protective parameter in terms of health-related concerns in women at high risk for BC and OC. The results may assist in identifying women at risk for health-related concerns during adverse life events, allowing healthcare providers to respond fast and according to the patients´ needs.
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spelling pubmed-94624342022-09-10 Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic Schwab, Roxana Droste, Annika Stewen, Kathrin Elger, Tania Theis, Susanne Heimes, Anne-Sophie Peters, Katharina Schmidt, Marcus Brenner, Walburgis Hasenburg, Annette Int J Gen Med Original Research PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals’ and society’s physical and psychological well-being. The study was conducted in order to assess the predictors for health-related worries during the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable populations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey of women who had a higher risk of developing breast cancer (BC) or ovarian cancer (OC) was conducted, regardless of whether they had experienced an active malignant disease during the pandemic. A self-reported questionnaire was designed for this study to assess health-related worries. The PHQ-4 questionnaire was used to evaluate mental health, and the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) questionnaire was employed to investigate resilience. RESULTS: History of BC or OC was recognized as an independent significant risk factor for worries regarding being more susceptible to a more severe course of COVID-19 disease (OR 3.593; 95% CI 1.030–12.536; p = 0.045). High scores in the BRS questionnaire were negatively correlated with health-related worries, such as an increased risk for occurrence of BC or OC (OR 0.332; 95% CI 0.118–0.933; p = 0.37) or worsening of oncological outcome as a result of an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (OR 0.330; 95% I 0.114–0.956; p = 0.041). CONCLUSION: The obtained findings determined resilience as an independent and potent protective parameter in terms of health-related concerns in women at high risk for BC and OC. The results may assist in identifying women at risk for health-related concerns during adverse life events, allowing healthcare providers to respond fast and according to the patients´ needs. Dove 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9462434/ /pubmed/36090707 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S373191 Text en © 2022 Schwab et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
spellingShingle Original Research
Schwab, Roxana
Droste, Annika
Stewen, Kathrin
Elger, Tania
Theis, Susanne
Heimes, Anne-Sophie
Peters, Katharina
Schmidt, Marcus
Brenner, Walburgis
Hasenburg, Annette
Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Resilience as a Source of Easement to Health-Related Worries in Women at Increased Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort resilience as a source of easement to health-related worries in women at increased risk for breast or ovarian cancer during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9462434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090707
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S373191
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