Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large urban centres cope with one of their most common concerns, their fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). A small number of interventions to help survivors cope with FCR are currently being tested, however, the majority of these interventions are only available to survivors living in large urban centres. Given that that survivors living outside of urban settings report higher psychological morbidity than their urban counterparts, suggests that the FCR of non-urban cancer survivors is an important topic to explore so that relevant interventions (e.g., online group interventions) can be developed. To this end, this qualitative study was undertaken to explore the coping strategies and styles of ovarian cancer survivors living outside of major urban centres.
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Non-member
Type
Report
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Fear of Cancer Recurrence, coping, coping strategies, ovarian cancer, cancer survivors
Recommended Citation
Galica, Jacqueline; Giroux, Janet; Francis, Julie Ann; and Maheu, Christine, "A study of coping with fear of cancer recurrence among ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large metropolitan centres (The FEARLESS Study)" (2018). Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports. 40.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/grant_reports/40
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Date of Issue
2018-05-15
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Description
This document represents the end-of-grant report for STTI/CNF funding to support this project and only few interim results are presented herein. Once the analysis is completed, full results will be presented in manuscript that will be submitted for peer-review publication.