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Determinants of illness-specific social support and its relation to distress in long-term melanoma survivors

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Title
Determinants of illness-specific social support and its relation to distress in long-term melanoma survivors
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BMC Public Health, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5401-1
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Sabine Fischbeck, Veronika Weyer-Elberich, Sylke R. Zeissig, Barbara H. Imruck, Maria Blettner, Harald Binder, Manfred E. Beutel

Abstract

Social support is considered to be one of the most important resources for coping with cancer. However, social interactions may also be detrimental, e. g. disappointing or discouraging. The present study explored: 1. the extent of illness-specific positive aspects of social support and detrimental interactions in melanoma survivors, 2. their relationships to mental health characteristics (e. g. distress, quality of life, fatigue, coping processes, and dispositional optimism) and 3. Combinations of positive social support and detrimental interactions in relation to depression and anxiety. Based on the cancer registry of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, melanoma patients diagnosed at least 5 years before the survey were contacted by their physicians. N = 689 melanoma patients filled out the Illness-specific Social Support Scale ISSS (German version) and standardised instruments measuring potential psychosocial determinants of social support. Using principal component analysis, the two factor structure of the ISSS could be reproduced with acceptable reliability; subscales were "Positive Support" (PS) and "Detrimental Interactions" (DI); Cronbach's α = .95/.72. PS was rated higher than DI. Multivariable linear regressions identified different associations with psychosocial determinants. Survivors living in a partnership and those actively seeking out support had a higher probability of receiving PS, but not DI. PS and DI interacted regarding their association with distress: Survivors reporting high DI but low PS were the most depressed and anxious. High DI was partly buffered by PS. When DI was low, high or low PS made no difference regarding distress. Psycho-oncologic interventions should take into account both positive and negative aspects of support in order to promote coping with the disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 13%
Student > Bachelor 5 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 9%
Lecturer 4 8%
Researcher 3 6%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 21 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 13 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 8%
Computer Science 1 2%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 23 43%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 June 2018.
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#157
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