Tuesday 2 April 2019

The changes of quality of life and their correlations with psychosocial factors following surgery among women with breast cancer from the post-surgery to post-treatment survivorship



by Fei-Hsiu Hsiao, Wen-Hung Kuo, Guey-Mei Jow, Ming-Yang Wang, King-Jen Chang, Yu-Ming Lai, Yu-Ting Chen, Chiun-Sheng Huang

The Breast: April 2019, Volume 44, pages 59-65

This 14-month study aimed to examine the changes of quality of life following breast cancer surgery and associations of such changes with depression and anxiety levels, and protective factors (attachment styles in close relationship, and meaning in life) based on positive psychology theory.