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Which cancer patient completes a psychosocial intervention program?
Author(s) -
Gilbar Ora,
Neuman Ran
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.608
Subject(s) - psychosocial , coping (psychology) , distress , depression (economics) , intervention (counseling) , social support , clinical psychology , psychological distress , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , psychotherapist , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
Abstract The present study explored the similarities and differences in patterns of psychological distress, coping strategies and social support of 41 cancer patients who dropped out of a psychosocial therapy program and 20 patients who completed the program as agreed. The findings indicated that only depression, out of nine brief symptom inventory subscales, predicted which patients would complete the program, i.e. patients with a high level of depression tended to complete the psychosocial intervention program. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.