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The benefits of expressive writing among newly diagnosed mainland Chinese breast cancer patients

Auteurs: Li-li Ji, Qian Lu, Li-juan Wang, Xiang-lian Sun, Hui-dong Wang, Bing-xue Han, Yu-feng Ma, Guo-hua Lu

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 3/2020

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the effects of an expressive writing intervention on quality of life (QoL) among mainland Chinese breast cancer patients. A total of 118 Chinese breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to one of four groups: a cancer-facts writing condition (CTL group), an emotional disclosure writing condition (EMO group), a self-regulation writing condition (SR group), or a neutral control condition with no writing tasks (CON group). QoL was assessed by FACT-B at baseline, 3-, and 6-month follow-ups. A repeated measure analysis of variance revealed significant effects of time (F = 13.9, P < 0.001, η² = 0.20) and the time × group interaction (F = 3.5, P < 0.01, η² = 0.08) on QoL. Residualized change models showed that the CTL, EMO and SR groups reported higher levels of QoL than the CON group at the 6-month follow-up. The EMO group had a higher level of QoL than the SR group. The CTL group had higher level of physical well-being compared to the SR group. Mainland Chinese breast cancer patients shortly after diagnosis benefit from expressive writing. They benefited more from cancer-facts and emotional disclosure compared to self-regulation. The study indicated that the impact of expressive writing may differ due to stage of cancer survivorship, social, and cultural context.

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Titel: The benefits of expressive writing among newly diagnosed mainland Chinese breast cancer patients
Auteurs: Li-li Ji
Qian Lu
Li-juan Wang
Xiang-lian Sun
Hui-dong Wang
Bing-xue Han
Yu-feng Ma
Guo-hua Lu
Publicatiedatum: 20-12-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00127-z

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