Relationships Between Colorectal Cancer Survivors’ Positive Psychology, Symptoms, and Quality of Life

Sameena F. Sheikh-Wu, Debbie Anglade, Karina Gattamorta and Charles A. Downs

Clinical Nursing Research, 2023, vol. 32, issue 1, 171-184

Abstract: This cross-sectional study examined colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors’ symptom and symptom cluster characteristics (occurrence, frequency, and severity), positive psychology (benefit-finding and post-traumatic growth), and quality of life (QoL), and determined whether positive psychology moderates symptoms and QoL relationship during acute cancer survivorship, time from diagnosis to treatment completion. A total of 117 CRC survivors completed demographics, symptoms, QoL, and positive psychology questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and moderation analyses were performed. Participants reported high QoL (94%, M  = 5.15) and moderate-high positive psychology (75%, M  = 3.21). Nineteen symptoms and five symptom clusters were inversely related to QoL ( p  

Keywords: benefit finding; cancer survivorship; colon cancer; rectal cancer; post-traumatic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738221113385

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