Patient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development

Purpose: We qualitatively evaluated breast cancer survivors’ perception of the relation between breast cancer development and both childhood trauma and stressful life events in adulthood. Methods: Women (N = 50) who have or had a positive breast cancer diagnosis completed a close-ended survey, a tim...

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Autores principales:	Erica Niebauer, Nina Fry, Lisa A. Auster-Gussman, Helané Wahbeh
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	breast cancer trauma adverse childhood experiences stress causal attribution Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c2fa36266567405ab13ca10647839dd22021-11-11T14:23:41ZPatient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development1748-26231748-263110.1080/17482631.2021.1983949https://doaj.org/article/c2fa36266567405ab13ca10647839dd22021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1983949https://doaj.org/toc/1748-2623https://doaj.org/toc/1748-2631Purpose: We qualitatively evaluated breast cancer survivors’ perception of the relation between breast cancer development and both childhood trauma and stressful life events in adulthood. Methods: Women (N = 50) who have or had a positive breast cancer diagnosis completed a close-ended survey, a timeline of significant life events, and an in-depth interview. All interviews were transcribed and inductively coded using thematic analysis with an emphasis on patient perspectives of illness. Results: Participants reported a perceived connection between breast cancer development and stressful life events, and four themes were identified: 1) experiencing major interpersonal stress in both childhood and adulthood, 2) ideas about the relationship between emotional stress and physical disease, 3) ideas about how different types of stress contribute to developing breast cancer, 4) post-treatment post-traumatic growth and meaning-making. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that of the participants who felt something could be causally attributed to their developing breast cancer, most of them made causal attributions between social, personal, and physical stress and trauma across the lifetime to the aetiology of their breast cancer. We suggest that breast cancer patients and survivors may benefit from additional psycho-social, stress-reducing, and/or somatic-based trauma-informed therapies to address stress and trauma.Erica NiebauerNina FryLisa A. Auster-GussmanHelané WahbehTaylor & Francis Grouparticlebreast cancertraumaadverse childhood experiencesstresscausal attributionMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	breast cancer trauma adverse childhood experiences stress causal attribution Medicine (General) R5-920 Erica Niebauer Nina Fry Lisa A. Auster-Gussman Helané Wahbeh Patient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development
description	Purpose: We qualitatively evaluated breast cancer survivors’ perception of the relation between breast cancer development and both childhood trauma and stressful life events in adulthood. Methods: Women (N = 50) who have or had a positive breast cancer diagnosis completed a close-ended survey, a timeline of significant life events, and an in-depth interview. All interviews were transcribed and inductively coded using thematic analysis with an emphasis on patient perspectives of illness. Results: Participants reported a perceived connection between breast cancer development and stressful life events, and four themes were identified: 1) experiencing major interpersonal stress in both childhood and adulthood, 2) ideas about the relationship between emotional stress and physical disease, 3) ideas about how different types of stress contribute to developing breast cancer, 4) post-treatment post-traumatic growth and meaning-making. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that of the participants who felt something could be causally attributed to their developing breast cancer, most of them made causal attributions between social, personal, and physical stress and trauma across the lifetime to the aetiology of their breast cancer. We suggest that breast cancer patients and survivors may benefit from additional psycho-social, stress-reducing, and/or somatic-based trauma-informed therapies to address stress and trauma.
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title_short	Patient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development
title_full	Patient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development
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Patient perspectives on the causes of breast cancer: a qualitative study on the relationship between stress, trauma, and breast cancer development

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