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Relationships Between Colorectal Cancer Survivors’ Positive Psychology, Symptoms, and Quality of Life

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  • Sameena F. Sheikh-Wu
  • Debbie Anglade
  • Karina Gattamorta
  • Charles A. Downs

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This cross-sectional study examined colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors’ symptom and symptom cluster characteristics (occurrence, frequency, and severity), positive psychology (benefit-finding and post-traumatic growth), and quality of life (QoL), and determined whether positive psychology moderates symptoms and QoL relationship during acute cancer survivorship, time from diagnosis to treatment completion. A total of 117 CRC survivors completed demographics, symptoms, QoL, and positive psychology questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and moderation analyses were performed. Participants reported high QoL (94%, M  = 5.15) and moderate-high positive psychology (75%, M  = 3.21). Nineteen symptoms and five symptom clusters were inversely related to QoL ( p  

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  • Sameena F. Sheikh-Wu & Debbie Anglade & Karina Gattamorta & Charles A. Downs, 2023. "Relationships Between Colorectal Cancer Survivors’ Positive Psychology, Symptoms, and Quality of Life," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 32(1), pages 171-184, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:32:y:2023:i:1:p:171-184
    DOI: 10.1177/10547738221113385
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