TY - JOUR
T1 - Satisfaction with health care, psychological adjustment, and community esteem among breast cancer survivors
AU - Bettencourt, B. Ann
AU - Molix, Lisa
AU - Talley, Amelia E.
AU - Westgate, Steven
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported by a grant from National Cancer Institute (1 R03 CA97916-01).
PY - 2007/6/20
Y1 - 2007/6/20
N2 - The present survey study examines whether satisfaction with health care predicts breast cancer patients' psychological adjustment and esteem for their communities. Forty-nine women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer completed measures of satisfaction with health care, psychological well-being, community esteem, depression, perceived health status, and demographics. As predicted, the results showed that breast cancer survivors' satisfaction with their health care was predictive of their psychological well-being even when controlling for relevant variables such as depression and health status. Also, breast cancer survivors' satisfaction with their health care predicted their level of community esteem. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the psychological adjustment of breast cancer survivors.
AB - The present survey study examines whether satisfaction with health care predicts breast cancer patients' psychological adjustment and esteem for their communities. Forty-nine women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer completed measures of satisfaction with health care, psychological well-being, community esteem, depression, perceived health status, and demographics. As predicted, the results showed that breast cancer survivors' satisfaction with their health care was predictive of their psychological well-being even when controlling for relevant variables such as depression and health status. Also, breast cancer survivors' satisfaction with their health care predicted their level of community esteem. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the psychological adjustment of breast cancer survivors.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Community esteem
KW - Psychological adjustment
KW - Satisfaction with health care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34447118124&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J077v25n02_04
DO - 10.1300/J077v25n02_04
M3 - Article
C2 - 17613485
AN - SCOPUS:34447118124
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 25
SP - 59
EP - 75
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 2
ER -